That’s right. For as low as $2.20 and a little luck, you could be in Vegas playing in the Main Event for millions of dollars this year. At Americas Cardroom, you can win a seat to the 2019 WSOP for a fraction of the $10,000 buy-in. Between June 3rd to the 9th, there will be […]

That’s right. For as low as $2.20 and a little luck, you could be in Vegas playing in the Main Event for millions of dollars this year. At Americas Cardroom, you can win a seat to the 2019 WSOP for a fraction of the $10,000 buy-in.
Between June 3rd to the 9th, there will be daily WSOP satellite tournaments and at least 15 packages will be awarded to winning players. Total value is $12,500. This is sponsored during WSOP Takedown Week.

Steps Tournaments
For as low as 28 cents, players can win their way up. There are seven steps with the first at .28. If you get lucky, you get the option to keep the cash or take your chances in Vegas. Personally, I don’t have a huge entourage that could take time off from work to cheer me on in Vegas, so I can’t say I’d jump at the chance. You often see winners with all their pals. But I do see the occasional person who goes singularly to the events, they win and go home. The buy-ins for the seven step tournaments are below. You can enter any one of the tournaments with the Step 7 tournament paying out with 15 Main Event seats.
Step 0 $0.25 + $0.03
Step 1 $1.50 + $0.15
Step 2 $6 + $0.60
Step 3 $15 + $1.50
Step 4 $50 + $5
Step 5 $140 + $10
Step 6 $500 +400
Step 7 $1,800 + $120

The WSOP is the apex of playing poker for NLH players and all poker players really. The WSOP is one of the most prestigious of tournaments to win. You could be next to a Phil Ivey or Fedor Holz. It’s really an amazing opportunity if you love the sport of poker.
The winning package includes the $10,000 buy-in and $2500 for travel expenses. A shout out for Americas Cardroom for the chance at greatness.
Americas Cardroom just completed an April High Five Series concluding with a $420,000 Main Event. It went over its guarantee and reached $664,000! The top winner, Package5, took home $124,835.76 pretty good for a days work! Congratulations.
Americas Cardroom is doing something right. Other top events are in the pics just click for the larger image.

Americas Cardroom will be sponsoring the Cage Live Event at the Taormina Hotel in Costa Rica. There will be several weekends throughout the year to join the fun. The dates of the Live Cage are:March 29th – April 1st, 2019May 31st – June 3rd, 2019August 9th – 12th, 2019October 4th – 7th, 2019December 6th to […]

Americas Cardroom will be sponsoring the Cage Live Event at the Taormina Hotel in Costa Rica. There will be several weekends throughout the year to join the fun. The dates of the Live Cage are:March 29th – April 1st, 2019May 31st – June 3rd, 2019August 9th – 12th, 2019October 4th – 7th, 2019December 6th to 9th, 2019 (POT LIMIT OMAHA)If you’re on vacation and might be interested in playing, the buy-in is $5,250. You can also win by playing at Americas Cardroom in the $55 Beast and Sit and Crush tourney each Sunday at 6 pm. You also get a hot package including hotel, airfare and spending cash. A total package of $8340 is on the table every Sunday.Winners get:$5,000 + $250 Buy-in to Cage Live Event$800 airfare$1,000 spending Cash$340 for Cash GamesUp to 3 nights’ accommodation at the Taormina Casino and Hotel in San Jose, Costa RicaAirport Transportation

The Cage is a time based poker tournament where players play for an allotted amount of time and at the finishing players leave with what they have at the time instead of a tournament where players cash at a certain point. The Structure for The Live Cage is:2-Day EventPlayers start with 5,000 in tournament chips.3 hours Blind Levels.30 minute break every level.No late registration.No Re-entry allowed.

Play Schedule

Day 1 -> 2 LevelsDay 2 -> 2 Levels

Blinds

Level 1 with $10 / $20 blinds and $5 anteLevel 2 with $25 / $50 blinds and $5 anteLevel 3 with $40 / $80 blinds and $10 anteLevel 4 with $50 / $100 blinds and $10 antePlayers’ antes are paid by the button player. This format speeds up the overall play.There will also be a double buy option where prize pools increase substantially. Before the tournament starts, a player can buy an extra entry for $5250 and have more chips to redeem if necessary. If it’s not used throughout the tournament, it gets refunded.

A previous winner of the Live Cage is Troy Quenneville who won $51,315 in January 2019. You could be next or have lots of fun in Costa Rica!!January 2019 The Cage Live Results:1 Troy Quenneville $51,3152 Jonathan Sherfy $19,9003 Jeff Gross $18,9554 John Schiff $15,4855 Joe Williams $13,745

Cub3d Boss Poker Tournament Highlights from Americas Cardroom For the first time in a long time, Americas Cardroom is becoming the choice more and more poker professionals are turning to. There was pre Black Friday when Americas Cardroom aka Doyle’s Room was booming but things went south. They appear to be recovering. For the larger […]

Cub3d Boss Poker Tournament Highlights from Americas Cardroom

For the first time in a long time, Americas Cardroom is becoming the choice more and more poker professionals are turning to. There was pre Black Friday when Americas Cardroom aka Doyle’s Room was booming but things went south. They appear to be recovering. For the larger stakes tournaments, where those who make their living from playing poker play, there seems to be a boom. Most of them are over their guarantees for the first time in a very long time. Check out the pics below.
There was a time last year when they were going in that direction. But the site kept getting blasted with server disruptions to the point they scaled back. Now those ddos attacks seem like a thing in the past and it’s been smooth sailing. Let’s hope everything goes well. There’s a lot of money on the tables.
Here are some of the results from the high stakes tournaments there and the pics when clicked will show a small sample of what’s available. There are also finished results of the larger tournaments too. In July, Americas Cardroom will host the $5 Million Dollar Venom where the winner will walk away with a million dollars. Check out Americas Cardroom click here

In February, ACR, started the OSS, BOSS culminatively known as the Cub3d. There were lots of great poker tournaments including 2 million dollar tournaments. The million dollar tournament result is below. The winner walked away with almost $200,000. All from playing at home!!!

Yes you read it right! Later this year, Americas Cardroom will be hosting the $5 Million Dollar Venom poker tournament. The winner walks away with at least a million dollars!Imagine having that kind of money in one fell swoop. All it takes is focus and luck. Americas Cardroom has been increasingly hosting higher stakes tournaments […]

Yes you read it right! Later this year, Americas Cardroom will be hosting the $5 Million Dollar Venom poker tournament. The winner walks away with at least a million dollars!Imagine having that kind of money in one fell swoop. All it takes is focus and luck. Americas Cardroom has been increasingly hosting higher stakes tournaments and they’ve been going over the guarantees left and right. This should be another winner. If you’re not a member of Americas Cardroom, now is the time to join. Get the feel of the games. Many people choose one place to play and make that home but with stakes like these it’s time to take a look at Americas Cardroom.The $5 Million USD Dollar Venom at Americas Cardroom

This will be the largest tournament ever offered at Americas Cardroom. It takes place July 31, 2019. The buy-in is $2650 but there satellite and Steps Tournament that could get you in for a fraction of that if not free! And if you get lucky and get multiple entries, you can even sell them. If you live in a foreign country, imagine the real dollars you’ll win, it could be several times the $5 million depending on the exchange rate.In the mean time while you get used to Americas Cardroom, you can choose from some the other high stakes poker games. Between February 10th to March 10th, Americas Cardroom will be hosting three super series with over $8 million guaranteed. There will be 169 events and two million dollar gtd tournaments. There are satellites to all the big tournaments and leaderboard prizes for consecutive winners including 10 seats the $5 million dollar Venom in July.

Buy-ins There are buy-ins for all event from as low as .50 cent to over $2000 for one of the million dollar tournaments. There’s something for everyone’s bankroll. If you’re new to Americas Cardroom it’s a great time to join and get the feel of the site. Experience is your best asset. Bonuses Americas Cardroom has bonuses for first time depositors and members. For first time depositors, get 20 days of free cash and up to $1000 in matching money and get a seat to a freeroll as well. For long standing members, you get cash back for each tournament and the longer you stay in a tournament, the faster you accumulate bonus money.Join Americas Cardroom for Great Bonuses and a Chance at an even $1 million USD click here

It’s been going on for at least a month with no plans to stop anytime soon. The Venom Million Dollar Poker Tournament is in full blast. The most recent featured an almost $200,000 for the first place finish. The buy-in is a lofty $2500 but you can get in for free. There are satellites around […]

It’s been going on for at least a month with no plans to stop anytime soon. The Venom Million Dollar Poker Tournament is in full blast. The most recent featured an almost $200,000 for the first place finish. The buy-in is a lofty $2500 but you can get in for free.
There are satellites around the clock for the event. Included in the satellites are freebuy tournaments where you enter one time for free but if you have to re-enter you’ll have to pay. There are step satellites leading to larger satellites and the main tournament as well. It’s a great way to focus on a tournament since the grand prize is so large. The top prize is a half decent annual salary!
In addition to the Venom, Americas Cardroom has ramped up its high stakes poker games offerings with high stakes games available almost 24/7. There tournaments for all levels micro, mid and high and satellites for all the mid and high stake events.
To find the freebuy events click the Freeroll link at the top of the menu. You’ll find all the freeroll tournaments there. The top of the menu also has the satellite events available.

The Sunday Venom at America’s Cardroom
$1,000,000 GUARANTEED $2,650 BUY-IN Each Sunday at 2pm ET
Normally, shots like this come around once in a lifetime but here at ACR, they happen every week. We’ve rebranded our Million Dollar Encore tournament to The Sunday Venom, and the good news is it’s here to stay.
It has become a Sunday institution. The Sunday Venom is a great way to add serious bucks to your bankroll. If you’re a poker pro or a recreational player you should check it.
In a Nutshell:
$1,000,000 GTD prize pool every Sunday at 2pm ET
Winner takes home close to $200,000
1 in 8 entrants win at least $5,000
Win a $2,650 seat for free via Step Tourneys running all day every day
$450,000 up for grabs between the top-3 players
Mega satellites available every Sunday before the event
WAYS TO QUALIFY
You don’t need to cough up the whole $2,650 to take your shot. Americas Cardroom has lots of ways where you can qualify for a fraction of the cost or even for free.

Saturdays Sundays
Time (ET) 8pm 11:30am 12:30pm
GTD Number of Seats 10 Seats 10 Seats 20 Seats
Buy-in $215 $55 $320
SPIN TO GET IN
Got a penny? Instead of entering a qualifier, you can try your luck with our Spin to Get IN feature. A penny could lead to the $1,000,000 GTD SUNDAY VENOM tournament right off the bat.

This video shows a short stack strategy as a case study. You will see it defies what some say about strategy and makes you realize you need to trust your own instincts as well. This is a youtube video no copyrite infringement intended. I just want to make sure the video was available. This is […]

This video shows a short stack strategy as a case study. You will see it defies what some say about strategy and makes you realize you need to trust your own instincts as well. This is a youtube video no copyrite infringement intended. I just want to make sure the video was available.

This is the second part of a short stack comeback by bloodyfun. Player bloodyfun has been short stack throughout much of the tournament but fortunes change.
Bloodyfun goes all-in with a pair of fives and wins. This is the start of this players’ rise. Bloodyfun’s chip stack roughly doubles. Next is the high card queen with the 8 as a kicker. One big change happens when Bloodyfun goes all-in with ace-7 and gets an ace pair. Another major move is all-in with ace-6 with a 6 pair win.
Bloodyfun has been steadily increasing their chip stack.
The ace-2 combo is another winner for Bloodyfun. This time the scene has changed with Bloodyfun in the lead. Finally, Bloodyfun has a queen pair and goes all-in and their opponent does the same. Bloodyfun wins the pot and game.
To sum it up, Bloodyfun gains with pairs and ace combos and then caps it off with a queen pair.Short Stack Strategy
This is a case study of excellent short stack play. Pairs and high cards are your best bets when short stack. You will also note many tips not often used like low pairs were also used with success.
Any player will find themselves with a short stack. It could be starting later in a tournament, you haven’t had any great runs, or you bet and lost chips. Any of these scenarios can lead to a small chip stack. But there is a way to get more. These are some strategies to use to increase your chip stack.
Many people use anywhere between 10 to 40 big blinds as a measure of being short stacked. The higher number is excellent to use a a guide since it will get you thinking before you get to 10.
With short stacks, you don’t want to waste any chips. Do very little bluffing, or “maybe hands”. You want to increase your chances of winning chips. I’ve seen bluffers go all-in with flop of 4 hearts, 4 spades and king hearts, only to have an opponent bet with 4 clubs and diamonds. Bluffing doesn’t always work, so don’t try it when you’re short stacked. Your goal is to win tournaments.Flop and Pre-flop
For short stacks this is where the action is. If you have an ace pair you will want to raise and put everyone on defense. Most of the high cards work here but ace pair or ace with anything else that could lead a pair should be considered. Often, players don’t want to go to the river with raising potentially losing more chips.
Some people advise to not use suited connector or small pairs. I disagree because I find them to be the most lucrative when you have the winning hand. Suited connectors mostly face cards but even 8 an 9s can lead to flushes or straights. It doesn’t happen often but when they do you chip stack will improve dramatically. The same thing with small pairs. Many people bet big with ace king. They don’t always materialize. Also pairs could lead to three of kinds, fullhouses and four of a kind. They won’t if you fold them.
As you can see from the video above, small five pairs essentially kicked off Bloodyfun’s rise in the tournament. You will also note Bloodyfun used the ace-combos well to win frequently as well.
The top hands to use most of the time are:

These hands are basically a laundry list of the top, highest ranking hands. But guess what? They don’t always work. But if you’re going to take a chance, you want to take your chances here. And you want to take your chances with most pairs.
With most pairs you want to assess the flop. If your pair is lower than the flop or doesn’t have three of kind it’s best to check fold vs call. Be safe not sorry.
When you think you have a great hand raise it first. This is one of the greatest tips ever. Most players know that ace pair doesn’t always work and don’t always want to negotiate hands defensively and would rather fold giving you the pot. And pots add up over time.
Best practices.Raise with strong hands.Use pocket pairs and suited connectors till the flop comes out.Using higher face cards will lead to victory more often than using lower value cards.

Strategy theory vs the real game
In poker, hands change all the time. You might find a pair of two beating an ace king combo. Suited connectors connect to flushes and straights. You have to develop an ability to trust your own instincts with playing poker and that is one of the best strategies out there. One WSOP Main event was one with a high card and another with a pair of 3s. So develop the ability to trust your instincts and your winning will increase several fold over.

Americas Cardroom is in full swing. It has been going with no dds attacks that plagued the site in the past. Million Dollars Sundays, $500,000 and $150,000 tournaments are some of the choices for members of this who choose to join their most recent Online Super Series. The OSS, is an online poker festival with […]

Americas Cardroom is in full swing. It has been going with no dds attacks that plagued the site in the past. Million Dollars Sundays, $500,000 and $150,000 tournaments are some of the choices for members of this who choose to join their most recent Online Super Series.

The OSS, is an online poker festival with new tournaments and a leaderboard for players who win frequently. The winner will also get an additional prize. Featured are a mix of No Limit Holdem, Omaha, PLO8 tourneys with a variety of buy-ins for all bankrolls. Americas Cardroom has recently added a new type of poker 6+ No Limit Holdem. This variety of NHL has cards starting at 6 and up. There are slight changes to hand values. For example, a flush beats a full house and three of a kind beats a straight. It’s something different if you want a change of pace in the poker you play. I don’t know if this will catch on and spread to other online poker sites if so, you can get in early!

These are results of the top tournaments of last week. There is the encore Million Dollar Sunday Event. Coming close to the guarantee of million. The top winner took home almost $200,000.

This tournament had a $2500 buy-in but Americas Cardroom has dozens of daily satellite tournaments where theoretically, you can join this tournament for free. If you win every step of the way. Also Americas Cardroom has a spin to join feature where you try your luck and join any tournament they feature for from 01 cent and up to a dollar a spin.

Additional tournaments from the OSS, Online Super Series are the $500,000 and $150,000 tournaments. They both have handsome payouts for winners and appealing to the professional poker players.

$500,000 OSS Results

The $150,000 OSS Result

Now is a great time to join Americas Cardroom or renew your previous relationship. Get new player bonuses, free cash, a freeroll. For existing members, signup with bonus code and get a 50 deposit bonus. The deposit bonus is given back to you as you play. But the higher you reach in tournaments, the more you get back. Get your win on and join Americas Cardroom. There is something for everyone.

This is the results of the Million Dollar Sunday tournament at Americas Cardroom. It’s really an encore Million Dollar Sunday tournament. Earlier this year, Americas Cardroom started offering the tournaments every Sunday but changed. Are they back for good? Who knows but it’s a great time to get into the game and join Americas Cardroom. […]

This is the results of the Million Dollar Sunday tournament at Americas Cardroom. It’s really an encore Million Dollar Sunday tournament. Earlier this year, Americas Cardroom started offering the tournaments every Sunday but changed. Are they back for good? Who knows but it’s a great time to get into the game and join Americas Cardroom. As you can see, the tournament met it’s guarantee and went over by 70,000. The first place prize was over $200,000.

Poker, especially texas holdem, is popular game that gives players an opportunity to make lots of cash. The popularity exploded after cable tv showed the games and winnings. And there is the Chris Moneymaker effect which in effect brought millions of new players, spectators, and wanna be players to the game. Chris Moneymaker was an […]

Poker, especially texas holdem, is popular game that gives players an opportunity to make lots of cash. The popularity exploded after cable tv showed the games and winnings. And there is the Chris Moneymaker effect which in effect brought millions of new players, spectators, and wanna be players to the game.
Chris Moneymaker was an accountant who played online at PokerStars. He won a seat to the 2003 Main Event from an $86 satellite tournament and won the 2013 WSOP for $2.5 million dollars. He was the face of many players. A part time poker player who dreamed of the big payday and he got it! He became the best advertisement for poker players around the world.
Since then poker has taken off. The 2014 WSOP Main Event jackpot was $5 million dollars, then $7 million, peaking at the 2006 WSOP jackpot which was $12 million. While it hasn’t reached that level in a while, the 2018 Main event jackpot was $8.8 million.
The “Moneymaker Effect” is evident not only did it bring more players into the game, but all things related to poker bloomed including strategies.
There are many strategies for poker some better than others. Tournament play strategy varies from cash game strategy. Live strategy varies from online strategy.Tournament Play Strategies
In any one tournament, you might have to employ various strategies to reach the final table. All the strategies center on getting more chips. That’s the bottom line – more chips and creating a large chip stack. Early tournament strategy varies from mid level and later periods of the tournaments.Early Stage Poker Tournament Strategy
Early tournament strategy is basically the same strategy you want to use throughout the tournament. The main difference is you can take more risks. This is the time to play hands you have a hunch might win. Your suited 5-6 might make a straight or 5-5 might lead to a four of a kind. In general it’s easier to take a risk and often very profitable especially when you win major chip stacks with those harder to come by hands.
It’s important not to be extremely loose but loose enough for speculative hands to win. And if you enter a tournament early enough you’ll see you often don’t have to. You can build an extremely nice chip stack by staying open to the possibilities and you don’t even have to bet a lot. Just assessing the hand against the flop .
This period you also want to fold in some cases when very aggressive bettors re-raise. Don’t through caution to the wind. Stay loose enough to raise a hand but unless it’s ace-ace or high pair hole cards you will still find great results. Enough to take you beyond the early stage and bring you beyond the bubble.Bubble Strategy
If you enter the tournament early enough you should have enough chips to take you beyond the bubble. But the bubble is a period when you can make more chips. The blinds are rising and you don’t want to be caught with low stack as they rise. I like to wait beyond the bubble to bet but will bet ace-ace or cards that tend win more than lose. Of course, you don’t always get great cards like that at the bubble. But waiting will give you a chance to cash and then resume the climb. Entering early enough in the tournament will often give you enough winning hands to make through the bubble with a great chip stack too. I say this often enter your tournaments early.Post Bubble Strategy
You need to assess your chip stack and your betting at this point. If you got a major chip stack boost with earlier wins, it’s good to wait to play around the blinds. If you didn’t and need to increase your stack, play according to the rules above. The same things go a suited 4-5 could be a straight or flush. Don’t over bet but don’t miss out on a chip increasing stack either by folding either. There is an implied odds for each player and holding out for say and ace-ace pair while it could win it could also lose to a three of kind, flush or straight as well. Don’t hold out for those extremely rare high pairs that seem rarer when you need them. Play loose but don’t over bet. You should still see winning hands to make it through the tournament.Final Table Strategy
Congratulations on the final table, a choice place for all players. Guess what? The same strategies that got you there will be the same will get you through to heads up. There are usually some players with more chips than others. They will often re-raise and many people will fold. This only increases their stack while other players wilt. A good thing to do here is re-raise if you stack is high and force players to fold if they think they don’t have a winning combination or play the blinds for great hands while folding the rest of the time. You still have nine or less players here who can have great hands. Unlike heads up, where there are only two players.Heads Up Strategy
Heads up is the best place to be. The odds change here dramatically only because finally, you don’t have nine players at the table just two. Odds increase dramatically by having any pair or high card and you always play these because they win more often. Simply put, you worked hard to reach the final table but it’s usually much easier at this point because there are only two players and fewer potential hand combinations.

In 2016, John Cynn finished 11th in the WSOP Main event. Well, he finally took down the WSOP 2018 Main Event and took home a gold bracelet and $8.8 million dollars. The largest cash of his career. Amazing comeback from his previous attempt. It would be cool to see if he could pull down another […]

In 2016, John Cynn finished 11th in the WSOP Main event. Well, he finally took down the WSOP 2018 Main Event and took home a gold bracelet and $8.8 million dollars. The largest cash of his career. Amazing comeback from his previous attempt. It would be cool to see if he could pull down another win in the future.
The win brings his career earnings to nearly $10 million dollars. Most of it came from this event.
This is a much written about event. I will probably do another post just covering some of the highlights of the event itself.
To make a long story short, John Cynn and Tony Miles were heads up. It was a very long tournament with both players grinding at 5am. Miles tried to bluff with 8 and queen but lost to a hardcore three of a kind king hand from Cynn. Miles tried to blame fatigued on the loss but hey he took home $5 million.
In the interview both players look and sound pretty tired. They did play for over 12 hours. I guess it’s to be expected.
The final results were:

Justin Bonomo Wins One Drop For One Million at the 2018 WSOP
Boy wonder, Justin Bonomo, the star and cash leader at the WSOP, added another notch on his belt with the One Drop for Water event. He won and took home the $10,000,000 top prize along with a bracelet.
German boy wonder, Fedor Holz took second for $6 million.
Bonomo’s earnings are now around $43 million dollars with Holz’ at $33 million. Bonomo is now first in cash earnings. Negreanu needs a wake up call. Hello?
It’s Bonomo’s third gold bracelet. And if you can believe it, for 2018 Bonomo has won over $25 million dollars in tournaments. It’s really a historic event. Dan Colman is the other player who won over $22 in 2014.
He stated staying as focused as possible paid off.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings
1 Justin Bonomo $10,000,000
2 Fedor Holz $6,000,000
3 Dan Smith $4,000,000
4 Rick Salomon $2,840,000
5 Byron Kaverman $2,000,000

Brian Hastings Wins H.O.R.S.E $3000 Event at the 2018 WSOP
Brian Hasting Won the H.O.R.S.E. $3000 buy-in event at the 2018 WSOP. He gets his fourth gold bracelet and $232,202 in cash for first place. He triumphed over 354 fellow players.
Legendary online, he once took home over $4 million in a single cash game. He’s managed to extend his streak to live poker games as well. His four bracelets proves this point. He has career earnings of $3,323,752 as of 7/18.
The H.O.R.S.E. event had many bracelet winners as well. These tournaments bring a lot of players who are well rounded in the world of poker. Dutch Boyd, Jeff Madsen, Andrew Brown, John Hennigan, Ben Yu where some other notable players who either cashed or were in the event.
The final results were:

Ben Yu Wins $50,000 2018 WSOP High Roller Event
Be Yu has won the $50,000 WSOP $50,000 buy-in high roller event. He has cashed a whopping 14 times at the 2018 WSOP and got three final tables. The icing on the cake was this event. He picked up his third gold bracelet and whopping $1,650,000. He triumphed over 128 players who created a prize pool of $6,144,000.
Yu has now passed the $5 million dollar mark in earnings with over $2.5 million in this years WSOP. He won nearly $900,000 in the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event. It’s amazing that so much could happen in such a short time moneywise. He’s 32 and from Ohio.
With a high buy-in like this many of today’s top poker players were in the event like Jack Schindler, John Racener, Nick Petrangelo among others.
The final results for the event were:

Joe Cada Wins $1500 Closer Event at 2018 WSOP
Having a great summer, Joe Cada has won the $1500 Closer event at the WSOP. The win brings his bracelet total to four. This was a massive event with 3,120 players who created huge prize pool. Cada took home $612,886 for the win and a gold bracelet.
He also made final table at the WSOP and bagged over $2 million there. He is one of two double bracelet winners for the 2018 WSOP along with Shaun Deeb.
His total earnings are now nearly $14 million dollars.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings
1 Joe Cada $612,886
2 Paawan Bansal $378,765
3 Jeffrey Tanouye $278,774
4 Richard Ali $206,813
5 Eric Afriat $154,660
6 Richard Cox $116,595
7 James Poper $88,615
8 Brayden Gazlay $67,904
9 Joshua Turner $52,465

The name says it all. On July 15, 2018, Americas Cardroom had its Million Dollar Sunday. The Million Dollar Sunday events were almost each and every Sunday till a massive ddos attack made the site scale back. But Americas Cardroom looks like it’s in full swing again. The latest series featured only high stakes tournaments […]

The name says it all. On July 15, 2018, Americas Cardroom had its Million Dollar Sunday. The Million Dollar Sunday events were almost each and every Sunday till a massive ddos attack made the site scale back. But Americas Cardroom looks like it’s in full swing again.
The latest series featured only high stakes tournaments starting at $109 and going up to $2000 for the Million Dollar Sunday tournament.

The picture says it all. The prize pool was nearly a million dollars at $988,000. There were 494 entries, some of whom got in with the satellite tournaments leading to the event. First prize was $200,000. This is excellent cash that’s lifechanging for many.
In the picture, you’ll see it was taken 9 hours into the event. That’s a long time but not even close to the finish. The tournament ended around 5am the next day. These tournaments are like those dancing contests they had in American history where the winner just had to keep dancing. It must awesome though to win.
Check out the top players here. In the coming photo you’ll see how it changed.

Las Vegas real estate agent Longsheng Tan has won the 2108 WSOP $1500 No Limit Holdem event. He triumphed over a field of 1351 players to take home the gold bracelet and $323,472.The event is the first since the start of the Main Event. For Tan this has brought his earnings this year to $427,841. […]

Las Vegas real estate agent Longsheng Tan has won the 2108 WSOP $1500 No Limit Holdem event. He triumphed over a field of 1351 players to take home the gold bracelet and $323,472.The event is the first since the start of the Main Event.
For Tan this has brought his earnings this year to $427,841.
Tan was chip leader going into the final day of the event. He managed to add to his chip lead with sending Adam Laskey to the rail.
Heads up play was between Jayaram Kovoorchathoth and Tan. It was brief , Tan won with a full house 7 and ace against Kovoorchathoth’s three of kind sevens. Runner up took home $199,862.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Longsheng Tan $323,472
2 Lanny Levine $199,862
3 Jayaram Kovoorchathoth $142,785
4 Trey Brabham $103,212
5 Adam Laskey $75,497
6 Stephen Bierman $55,892
7 John Pannucci $41,884
8 Georgios Tavoularis $31,775
9 Jason Paradis $24,409

Anderson Ireland Wins 2018 WSOP $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Bounty Event
New Orleans tour manager, 27 year old, Ireland Anderson has won the 2018 WSOP Pot Limit Omaha Bount event. He triumphed over a field of 833 to win the gold bracelet and $141,161.
He was knocked out of the Main Event and took a chance at this one. It paid off handsomely. He only started playing pot limit within the last year.
Heads up play was against former bracelet winner Matt O’donnell. It would a major battle since Ireland had a 5:1 chip lead. Ireland won with an all-in move and getting a straight.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Anderson Ireland $141,161
2 Matt O’Donnell $87,198
3 Joon Park $61,013
4 Michal Maryska $43,313
5 Hai Chu $31,203
6 Andrew Holland $22,816
7 Jonathan Thomas $16,937
8 Harry Pozefsky $12,767
9 Jameson Painter $9,776

Ronald Keijzer Wins 2018 WSOP $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Max Event
The $3000 Pot Limit Omaha 6 Max event was won by Ronald Keijzer. It was a huge prize pool and Keijzer took home a bracelet and $475,033 for the grand prize. This was Keijzer’s best cash to date.
A lot of attention has been going on the main event, but look at the cashes below. Maybe players should look for other tourneys as well.
Place Player Earnings
1 Ronald Keijzer $475,033
2 Romain Lewis $293,553
3 Scott Bohlman $199,572
4 Mo Abedi Arani $137,954
5 James Chen $96,987
6 Ryan Lenaghan $69,369

Phil Hellmuth Wins 2018 World Series of Poker $5,000 Turbo No Limit Holdem Event
Extending his bracelet lead spectacular, Phil Helmuth has won his 15th gold bracelet at the WSOP with a win in the $5000 Turbo No Limit Holdem event. He was already the leader with 14 and he’s added another notch on his belt. Excellent for the 53 year old.
Hellmuth was in 8th place on the final day but by the final table, he moved to 2nd.
Wolansky went all-in but lost to Hellmuth three of kind 3s to secure the grand prizes of $485,082.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Phil Hellmuth $485,082
2 Steven Wolansky $299,807
3 Alan Sternberg $204,789
4 Aliaksei Boika $142,458
5 Kenneth Fishman $100,956
6 Matthew Glantz $72,911
7 Paul Hoefer $53,682
8 Ralph Wong $40,309
9 Eric Hicks $30,881

Yaser Al-Keliddar Wins 2018 WSOP $3,000 Six Max Limit Holdem Event
Yaser Al-Keliddar has won the $3000 Six Max limit holdem event. With a buy-in that large the payoff is great too. In this event, Al-Keliddar took home $596,700 and his first gold bracelet. There were 221 entries.
He is a recent convert to poker. His other gigs include law, real estate and stand up comedy.
The event was his largest cash to date, though he made a deep run in the Wynn Summer Classic Main event.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings
1 Yaser Al-Keliddar $154,338
2 Juha Helppi $95,380
3 Justin Thurlow $62,187
4 Andrew Yip $41,665
5 Mike Schneider $28,708
6 Barry Greenstein $20,358

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Jeremy Perrin has won the 2018 $365 Giant No Limit Holdem Tournament. It’s called Giant for a reason. Nearly 9000 players were in the event with a prize pool of $2,676,000. This is the second running of the tournament. There were five flights and it whittled down to the final table and winner Perrin. This […]

Jeremy Perrin has won the 2018 $365 Giant No Limit Holdem Tournament. It’s called Giant for a reason. Nearly 9000 players were in the event with a prize pool of $2,676,000. This is the second running of the tournament. There were five flights and it whittled down to the final table and winner Perrin.
This was Perrin’s first gold bracelet, he also gets $250,000 in cash.
The heads up play was between Perrin and Luis Vazquez. Perrin had a 6:1 chip lead. Vazquez seemed to close the gap but lost with an all-in shove. He took home $154,412 for his efforts.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Jeremy Perrin $250,000
2 Luis Vazquez $154,512
3 Svetlozar Nestorov $117,531
4 Renato Kaneoya $89,686
5 Alexander Lakhov $68,605
6 Kevin Rines $52,721
7 Lawrence Chan $40,627
8 Matthew Smith $31,403
9 Daniel Fuhs $25,319

2018 WSOP $5,000 Six Max No Limit Holdem Tournament Won by Jean-Robert Bellande
Jean-Robert Bellande has won the $5000 Six Max No Limit Holdem Tourney at the WSOP 2018. He’d previously had two runner-up finishes in the WSOP this year but this is his first win. He takes home a gold bracelet and $616,302 in cash.
Bellande came to the final table with the chip lead. He was able to maintain it all the way to heads up against against Dean Lyall. Heads up started with Bellande holding a 2:1 chip lead. The final hand saw Bellande win with a queen pair. Lyall took the runner-up prize.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Jean-Robert Bellande $616,302
2 Dean Lyall $380,595
3 Andrew Graham $254,684
4 Tay Nguyen $173,598
5 Eric Blair $120,669
6 Kacper Pyzara $85,570

Phil Galfond Wins 2018 WSOP Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better Tournament
Winning is third gold bracelet, Phil Galfond has won the 2018 WSOP Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better Tournament. He takes home a whopping $567,788 for his efforts. He is an online legend but Omaha is one of his more recent poker games. There were 237 players in the tournament with a $10,000 buy-in.

The win boosts his career earnings to nearly $3 million. He has been involved with poker site Runitonce
in addition to playing.
Other poker pros in the event include Ryan Laplante, and Nick Schulman among others.
The top finishers were:
Place Player Earnings
1 Phil Galfond $567,788
2 Michael Mckenna $350,922
3 Ali Abduljabbar $240,497
4 Chad Power $168,275
5 Kwang Lee $120,263
6 Marco Johnson $87,830
7 David Baker $65,579
8 Chase Steely $50,086

Tim Andrew Wins 2018 WSOP $365 PLO Giant Tournament
The PLO $365 Giant tournament was won by Tim Andrew. This is a new tournament with a nice buy-in fee of $365. Canadian native, Tim Andrew took it down getting a gold bracelet and $116,015 in cash.
Though he arrived late, he was able to make up for it. Starting in third position for the final day, he won his way to heads up against Pedros Arroyo.
The heads up had Arroyo with a huge chip lead through aggressive play. That changed and Andrew made a comeback with some major hands. Finally, Andrew had an ace pair and went all- in sealing the tournament.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Tim Andrew $116,015
2 Pedro Arroyos $71,703
3 Robert Cicchelli $54,718
4 Sandeep Pulusani $42,172
5 Michael Mizrachi $31,304
6 James Sievers $23,796
7 Kevin Nomberto $18,444
8 Raymond “Trey” Walton $14,968
9 Srinivas Balasubramanian $11,093

Galen Hall Wins 2018 WSOP $888 Crazy Eights No Limit Holdem Tournament
Hedge fund managaer Galen Hall has won the $888 Crazy Eights No Limit Holdem Tournament at the WSOP. The low buy-in of $888 helped create a massive field of 8,598 players with a prize pool of $6,871,521. It’s Galen Hall’s first gold bracelet. He takes home $888,888 for the win.
Hall previously won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in 2011 for $2.3 million. He has more than $5 million in live poker earnings to date.
Hall came into the final day with a small chip stack but knocked fellow players out as he climbed to the top – Alex Kuzmin and Andrey Zaichenko were some of his knockouts. With the Zaichenko knockout, Hall took the lead with three remaining players.
Heads up saw Hall against Eduards Kudrjavcevs. Kudrjavcevs went all-in but was called by Hall who won with nine pair.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Galen Hall $888,888
2 Eduards Kudrjavcevs $476,888
3 Niels Herregodts $355,888
4 Andrey Zaichenko $266,888
5 Alex Kuzmin $201,888
6 Jeremiah Miesen $153,888
7 Martin Stausholm $117,888
8 Philip Tom $90,888
9 Alexandre Novaes $70,546

Chance Kornuth Wins 2018 WSOP Online High Roller Tournament
Earning his second WSOP gold bracelet, Chance Kormuth has won the Online High Roller Tournament at the 2018 WSOP. The $3200 entry event had 480 players with a prize pool of $1.5 million dollars. He took home the main prize of $341,599.
Previously, he won in 2010’s WSOP pot limit omaha event. His total poker earnings from live events are now over $6 million dollars. Other top poker players in the event were John Hennigan, Jason Koon, and Chris Moorman among others.

From over 6,200 players, down to one winner, Tommy Nguyen has won the 2018 WSOP $1500 Monsterstack. In doing so, he takes home a gold bracelet and $1,037,451. This is the largest cash for the 28 year old Canadian. He only recently went pro after winning the Partypoker live for over $150,000. The final day […]

From over 6,200 players, down to one winner, Tommy Nguyen has won the 2018 WSOP $1500 Monsterstack. In doing so, he takes home a gold bracelet and $1,037,451. This is the largest cash for the 28 year old Canadian. He only recently went pro after winning the Partypoker live for over $150,000.
The final day of the event, Nguyen was in 22nd place chip-wise with 29 players left. He, nonetheless, came back from a chip deficit and placed sixth at the final table when he lost an all-in bet sending him to the last place again. He came back with a double up and then knocked out Shyam Srinivasan for some nice chips.
The heads up came against James Carroll. By the final hand Nguyen held a 6:1 chip advantage. The final hand had Carroll going all-in but losing against Nguyen’s ace-king combo.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Tommy Nguyen $1,037,451
2 James Carroll $640,916
3 Frank Rusnak $475,212
4 Chris Chong $354,903
5 Daniel Corbett $266,987
6 Michael Benko $202,327
7 Shyam Srinivasan $154,463
8 Harald Sammer $118,802
9 Rittie Chuaprasert $92,061

High Stakes Pro Scott Seiver Wins $10,000 No Limit Holdem at the 2018 WSOP
Scott Seiver has won the $10,000 No Limit Holdem event at the 2018 WSOP. There were 114 players who put up $10,000 for the event. The event tends to draw the big names in the poker world. Other notable poker players here included Nick Schulman, Maria Ho, and John Hennigan among others.
For Seiver the win gets him his second bracelet and $296,222 in cash.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings
1 Scott Seiver $296,222
2 Matthew Szymaszek $183,081
3 Anthony Zinno $129,186
4 Christopher Chung $93,009
5 Matt Glantz $68,352
6 Philip Cordano $51,296
7 Daniel Zack $39,329
8 Michael Moore $30,821
9 Ken Deng $24,700

Ryan Leng Wins 2018 WSOP $1,500 No Limit Holdem Bounty Event
Sustaining a chip lead going into the final day, Ryal Leng has won the 2018 WSOP $1500 No Limit Holdem Bount event. Bounty event give bonuses for knocking out players in this tournament it was $500.
For the win, Leng gets a bracelet and $272,765. As noted Leng’s lead only increased on the fourth and final day. He took out player after player ending in heads up against Ranno Soofia. Soofia went all-in with a nine pair but lost against Leng’s straight.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Ryan Leng $272,504
2 Ranno Sootla $168,329
3 Jay Farber $121,329
4 Christian Nolte $89,079
5 Javier Gomez $65,851
6 Russell Rosenblum $49,146
7 John Gulino $37,063
8 Mark Mazza $28,247
9 Mikhail Semin $21,759

Portugese poker pro, Diogo Veiga has won the 2018 WSOP $3000 Big Blind Ante No Limit Holdem event. He is the third player from Portugal to ever win a bracelet. For his win he gets a whopping $522,715.
The big blind ante format is just entering the WSOP for the first time this year. In a big blind ante event, players put up the ante for the entire table. In theory it speeds up the game. Its detractors say for low chip stack periods, putting up the ante for the entire table could wipe a player out. Most players agree, though, it speeds up the game.
On the final day, poker pro Barry Hutter seemed to have everything under control knocking out player after player. Hutter and Viega went heads up with Viega taking the lead by 3:1. Hutter moved all-in with ace ten, but the board proved victorious for Viega who won with a king pair.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Diogo Veiga $522,715
2 Barry Hutter $323,019
3 Radoslav Stoyanov $228,241
4 Jonathan Abdellatif $163,404
5 Tom McCormick $118,552
6 David Yan $87,179
7 Anna Antimony $64,991
8 Cathal Shine $49,126
9 Todd Ivens $37,660

The largest online WSOP bracelet event, the $1000 Online No Limit Holdem event, was won by Ryan Tosoc. The event had 1635 players. He won top prize of a gold bracelet and$238,778. Tosoc has previously won the WPT Five Diamond Classic for nearly $2 million dollars. For this summer’s WSOP, he has two additional cashes under his belt.
The online event itself took 16 hours to complete. It came down to Tosoc and Anthony Maio. They were about even stack wise, when Maio went all-in with ace, nine of clubs. Tosoc called with ace jack unsuited. Tosoc won with ace pair and jack kicker.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Ryan Tosoc $238,778
2 Anthony Maio $175,206
3 Joel Feldman $124,570
4 James Robinson $89,777
5 Justin Lapka $65,391
6 Markus Gonsalves $48,306
7 Russell Powers $36,190
8 Aurelian Guiglini $27,377
9 Aditya Sushant $20,968

Calvin Anderson Wins 2018 WSOP $10,000 Razz Championship

The $10,000 Razz Event at the 2018 WSOP was won by Calvin Anderson. The event had 119 players. Anderson gets a gold bracelet and $309,220 for his efforts. This brings the 30 year old poker pros earnings to over $2 million dollars in live tourney earnings. This is his second gold bracelet.
In poker pros quest for respect, a Razz tournament such as this one is a sought after event. This event was no different attracting pros like John Hennigan, Mike Leah, and three time bracelet winner Frank Kassela among others.
Kassela knocked out Julien Martini to third place, setting the stage for heads up with Anderson. Anderson was on a roll leading 3:1 going into the final day. He kept his momentum with Kassela down to just two blinds for a chip stack. He was knocked out taking home $191,111.
The final result were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Calvin Anderson $309,220
2 Frank Kassela $191,111
3 Julien Martini $134,587
4 Mike Leah $96,744
5 Jerry Wong $71,014
6 Alex Balandin $53,253
7 John Hennigan $40,817
8 Dzmitry Urbanovich $31,992

Poker pro Jessica Dawley has won the 2018 WSOP $1000 Ladies No Limit Holdem event. For the win, she gets $130,230 and her first gold bracelet. Her total poker earnings from live events are $733,413.
She knocked out Danielle Anderson with a king high straight and became chip leader. Though Jill Pike entered the day chip leader, she wasn’t able to maintain her dominance. She succumbed to Anderson with unsuited king and four against Dawley’s eight and five of hearts. The board gave Anderson a five pair for the win.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Jessica Dawley $130,230
2 Jill Pike $80,444
3 Lisa Fong $55,812
4 Mesha James $39,334
5 Jacqueline Burkhart $28,167
6 Tara Cain $20,499
7 Weiyi Mo $15,167
8 Molly Mossey $11,411
9 Tara Snow $8,732

Mario Pratas Garcia has won the $1000 No Limit Holdem Turbo Big Blind tournament at the 2018 World Series of Poker. He triumphed over a field of 1,712 players and in turbo fashion – two days – took home a gold bracelet and $285,255 for his efforts. The big blind ante format is a new […]

Mario Pratas Garcia has won the $1000 No Limit Holdem Turbo Big Blind tournament at the 2018 World Series of Poker. He triumphed over a field of 1,712 players and in turbo fashion – two days – took home a gold bracelet and $285,255 for his efforts.
The big blind ante format is a new format that has the big blind posting the blinds for the entire table. Its supporters say it makes tournament play go faster. However, those against it say during a low stack period, posting the big blind can wipe out a players’ chip stack. Most people who play agree it makes the game go faster.
The second day started with 41 players. Prats Garcia was in 8th place. In just several hours, the table whittled down to the final table. At the final table Prats Garcia had a 7 to 1 chip lead so it wasn’t really a big contest. Matthew Hunt went all-in and lost with a straight against Prats Garcia’s flush. Hunt took home $159,532 for his efforts.
The top finishers were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Mario Prats Garcia $258,255
2 Matthew Hunt $159,532
3 Sebastian Dornbracht $114,909
4 Michael Wang $83,663
5 Mark Schluter $61,580
6 Gregory Worner $45,828
7 DJ MacKinnon $34,486
8 Martin Staszko $26,245
9 Lander Lijo $20,202

Matthew Mendez Wins 2018 WSOP $565 Online Pot-Limit Omaha Event
Online poker has made its way to the WSOP and Matthew Mendez has won the $565 Online Pot Limit Omaha event. He’s the first player to win an online event from outside Nevada.
He went heads up against Hungarian Marton Czuczor. In the end a straight was his game winning hand. Czuczor took home $82,865 for his efforts.
The top finishers were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Matthew Mendez $135,077
2 Marton Czuczor $82,865
3 Anthony Zinno $57,299
4 Alex Smith $40,256
5 Ankush Mandavia $28,745
6 Ao Chen $20,859

Shaun Deeb Wins 2018 WSOP $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight Max Event
The $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha Eight Max at the 2018 WSOP was won by Shaun Deeb. There were 230 players who put up a whopping $25,000 buy-in for the event. He won his third gold bracelet and a whopping $1,402,683 for the first place finish. The live poker earnings for Deeb soared after this finish to nearly $6 million dollars.
The final table was evenly stacked but that changed with Deeb knocked out Jason Koon to take the lead. Later, Deeb got a straight against James Calderaro and sent him packing. Deeb’s final great hand was in heads up against Ben Yu. Deeb won with aces and deuces.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Shaun Deeb $1,402,683
2 Ben Yu $866,924
3 Scotty Nguyen $592,875
4 James Calderaro $414,134
5 Jason Koon $295,606
6 Ryan Tosoc $215,718
7 David Benyamine $161,020
8 Bogdan Capitan $123,004

2018 WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Holdem Event Won by Timur Margolin
Timur Margolin, a 34 year old Israeli, has won the $2500 No Limit Holdem event at the 2018 WSOP. There were 1,248 players in the event. He takes home a gold bracelet and a whopping $507,274. The event had plenty of buzz with players like Chris Ferguson and Ryan Laplante all at the final table.
At the final table, Margolin took a major lead against Ferguson with a queen pair. Ferguson’s stack diminished after that. Margolin then knocked out Michael Marder to third place. This set up the heads up against Margolin and Ismael Bojang. Margolin’s stack was better by nearly a 3:1 margin when Margolin won with a top two pair. Bojang took second place with $313,444.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Timur Margolin $507,274
2 Ismael Bojang $313,444
3 Michael Marder $223,564
4 Chris Ferguson $161,371
5 Dylan Linde $117,894
6 Ryan Laplante $87,819
7 Jeff Hakim $65,284
8 Andre Haneberg $49,498
9 Joshua Bergman $38,009

David Brookshire Wins WSOP $2,500 Omaha/Stud Eight-Or-Better Event
The $2500 Omaha/Stud 8 or Better event at the WSOP was won by David Brookshire. There were 402 players in the event. This is a mixed game event that Brookshire, a Maryland native, has been doing well. He’s cashed recently in several tournaments playing this event including a WSOP Circuit ring, and even last week cashing for $13,861 in another Omaha/stud 8 or better event. This must greatly increase confidence going into a tournament like this.
For Brookshire, the great thing about winning is being able to use if for more tournaments.
The heads up was against Brendan Taylor. Even though at one point, Taylor had an 8:1 chip advantage, Brookshire was able to overcome the obstacle, take the lead and go on to win the event.
The final results were:
Place Player Payout
1 David Brookshire $214,291
2 Brendan Taylor $132,443
3 Daniel Ospina $89,968
4 Ian Shaw $62,331
5 Tyler Groth $44,059
6 Hani Awad $31,789
7 William Shelton $23,421
8 Eric Rodawig $17,628

Loren Klein Wins 2018 WSOP $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Loren Klein wins the World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event. He gets his third gold bracelet and a little over $1 million dollars for the grand prize. This is is fifth WSOP final table in Pot Limit Omaha.
The final day, Klein was third in chip position. But he knocked out Scott Bohlman for a huge chip stack addition. Klein then knocked out Ryan Hughes. The final hand was with Rep Porter who went all-in with a king pair only to be outdone with an ace pair.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Loren Klein $1,018,336
2 Rep Porter $629,378
3 Brandon Shack-Harris $433,259
4 Jerry Wong $303,491
5 Ryan Hughes $216,391
6 Scott Bohlman $157,097
7 Mike Leah $116,166
8 Alexey Makarov $87,522

Jay Kwon Wins WSOP 2018 $1,500 Razz Event
Jay Kwon has won the 2018 Razz $1500 event at the WSOP. There were 389 players with pool of $525,150. Kwon took the bracelet and $125,431 grand prize. He defeated Poland’s top poker money man Dzmitry Urbanovich.
There are only two razz events on the WSOP schedule and it’s not as popular as the favorite no limit holdem.
The top finishers were:
Place Player Payout
1 Jay Kwon $125,431
2 Dzmitry Urbanovich $77,526
3 Adam Owen $52,536
4 Michael McKenna $36,234
5 Kevin Iacofano $25,637
6 Thomas Taylor $18,477
7 Jeffrey Mitseff $13,605
8 Jeanne David $10,240

One of the oldest players to ever win a title took home th $1000 Super Senior event at the 2018 WSOP. From a field of 2,191 players, the action led to this 83 year old mother of poker pro Farzad Bonyadi. This is the first mother son duo to win WSOP titles. Farzad Bonyadi is […]

One of the oldest players to ever win a title took home th $1000 Super Senior event at the 2018 WSOP. From a field of 2,191 players, the action led to this 83 year old mother of poker pro Farzad Bonyadi. This is the first mother son duo to win WSOP titles. Farzad Bonyadi is a three time bracelet winner. She also won $311,451 for the event. To join the tournament, players need to be 60 years of age and up.
Believe it or not, she entered the final table in seventh position. She outlasted them all and won in heads up play against Robert Beach with a nine pair.
The final results were:

2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 Seven Card Stud Event Won by Yaniv Birman

In a final table with four WSOP bracelet winners a player must be focused. But that was what Yaniv Birman was when he won the Seven Card Stud event and his first gold bracelet. Not only did he triumph over several bracelet winners, but also two previous two time winners, Ben Yu and Jesse Martin. For his effort, he wins $236,238 and his first gold bracelet.
Yaniv Birman outlasted a tough final table to win the 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 seven card stud event, earning $236,238 and his first gold bracelet in the process. The 35-year-old business owner from Los Angeles, California had to overcome four WSOP bracelet winners at the final table, including two two-time winners in Jesse Martin and Ben Yu.
There were 83 players who created a $780.200 prize pool. His winning hand was a pair of nines against a pair of threes from Jesse Martin.
The top results were:

Double Stack $1,000 No Limit Holdem Event Won by Robert Peacock at the 2018 WSOP
No pun intended but players flocked to the double stack $1,000 no limit holdem event which was won by Robert Peacock. A huge pool of $5,130,000 from 5,700 entries created a massive first place prize of $644,224. Peacock also gets his first bracelet.
He entered the final table in second position and managed to hold on till heads up against. Nicholas Salimbene. He held a 2:1 chip lead over him. He sent him to rail with a king kicker.
The final results for the event were:

Winning his first gold bracelet, Preston Lee has won the $1,500 No limit holdem shoot out event at the 2018 WSOP. There were 908 players with a first place prize of $236,498 in his first major title. The style of the event is the sit n’go style tournament with players who won advancing the next day and same structure the next day. It was a three day event.

$1,500 Limit Hold’em Bracelet At 2018 World Series of Poker Won by Robert Nehorayan

The limit holdem $1500 event was won by Robert Nehorayan. It’s his first gold bracelet and he gets $173,568. His previous cashes include the 2007 WSOP main event and a win in the 206 California State Poker Championship.
He stated getting great cards helped overcome any mixed feeling about frustration.
The top finishers were:

For nearly 20 years, Yuegi Zhu has been going to the WSOP. Finally, after 72 WSOP cashes, he has got his first gold bracelet and $211,781 in the $1500 Mixed Omaha Eight or Better event. There were 773 entries in the tournament. He thought he was the only person to have the most top three cashes without a bracelet. That is now history.
He entered the final table in fifth place and managed to maneuver himself to the first place position when Gabriel Ramos went all-in with two pair against Zhu’s straight. Ramos took home $130,850 for his effort.
The final results were:

Michael Mizrachi Wins His Third World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship Title

“The Grinder” Michael Mizrachi, accomplished one of the most amazing accomplishments in poker history. He triumphed over 87 of the world’s best players to win, for the third time, the World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship. This brings his gold bracelet count to 4 and he gets a whopping $1,239,126 for his great run. The win also brings his poker career earnings to $16.7 million.

He won the event in 2010 as well as 2012. This is the 13th running of the event and is combination of eight poker games.

Mizrachi took the sail out Dan Smith’s chip stack playing deuce to seven triple draw cooler. Smith had his remaining chips sucked up by John Hennigan.

In heads up play, Mizrachi and Hennigan battled it out till Mizrachi raised from the button and Hennigan three-bet his raise. The flop came and Hennigan bet again and Mizrachi raised to two million chips. Hennigan bet 5.3 million chips.The flop brought flush draw for Mizrachi against straight draw for Hennigan. Mizrachi walked away with the cash, title and prestige.
The final results were:

Going from an extremely low chip stack to first place at the final table, Hanh Tran has won the $1,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball event at the 2018 WSOP. This is the Austrian’s first gold bracelet and he also takes home $117,282. Though he most plays cash games, this is the largest cash of his […]

Going from an extremely low chip stack to first place at the final table, Hanh Tran has won the $1,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball event at the 2018 WSOP. This is the Austrian’s first gold bracelet and he also takes home $117,282. Though he most plays cash games, this is the largest cash of his poker career.
Tran outlasted a field that included Brian Hasting, who was unable to pull it off and took the fifth place prize.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Hanh Tran $117,282
2 Oscar Johansson $72,471
3 David Prociak $46,749
4 Cody Wagner $30,926
5 Brian Hastings $21,021
6 Yong Wang $14,687

WSOP Marathon Event Won by Michael Addamo
The WSOP Marathon event, a five day tournament, concluded with Australian, Michael Addamo, taking a bracelet and first place. There were 1,637 players for the $2620 buy-in event. The 23 year old took home $653,581.
Addamo now living in Thailand due to Australia’s online poker ban, has nearly $2 million in live tournament winnings. His previous best cash was $197, 971 in the PokerStars Championship Macau.
The final results were:
Place Player Payout
1 Michael Addamo $653,581
2 Mark Sleet $403,870
3 Bart Lybaert $290,315
4 Taylor Paur $210,995
5 Martin Jacobson $155,062
6 Ying Chan $115,244
7 Anton Morgenstern $86,631
8 Cate Hall $65,875
9 Ihar Soika $50,678

$3,000 Six-Max No-Limit Holdem Event Won by Gal Yifrach at the WSOP 2018
Los Angeles business man, Gal Yifrach, won the $3000 Six-max No Limit Holdem event. He dominated over a field of 868 players. He secured a gold bracelet and $461,798. This is the largest cash of his career. Last year he won nearly $100,000 in the WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino event.
The tournament was cut short a day when the players agreed to end it with Yifrach in first place. By that time, his chip lead was astounding.
The final result were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Gal Yifrach $461,798
2 James Mackey $285,377
3 Gary Hasson $193,716
4 Aaron Mermelstein $133,731
5 Darren Rabinowitz $93,917
6 Ana Marquez $67,116

Ryan Bambrick Wins $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Event at the 2018 WSOP
The $1500 Pot Limit Omaha event at the 2018 WSOP was won by Ryan Bambrick. He triumphed over a field of 799 players to take home the gold bracelet and $217,123. Though he’s played online for 15 years part time, he decided to give it go and play full time. This is his fourth cash at this year’s WSOP and first final table finish.
He started out as chip leader on the final day and was able to pull it off continuing his climb to the top.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Ryan Bambrick $217,123
2 Sampo Ryynanen $134,138
3 Tim McDermott $93,639
4 Phil Riley $66,342
5 Jared Ingles $47,713
6 Jody Fayant $34,843
7 Daniel Woolard $25,841
8 Randy White $19,469
9 Pushpinder Singh $14,904

Matthew Davis Wins 2018 WSOP $1,000 No Limit Holdem Seniors Event
A record setting crowd of 5,918 set the tone to a great senior event with Matthew Davis winning the top prize. The pool was $5,326,200 and Davis, a professor, took home the $662,676 along with a gold bracelet. For the event, players have to be 50 and over. Get that 50, FIFTY, and over.
The final day saw Davis jump into the lead by knocking out Bill Bennett. He battled it out with Bill Stabler for a while but then regained his lead and took it all the way to the bank.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Matthew Davis $662,676
2 Bill Stabler $409,387
3 Scott Hamilton-Hill $303,807
4 Gary Friedlander $227,072
5 Bill Bennett $170,944
6 Rachel Delatorre $129,626
7 Frank Berry $99,015
8 Joe Schulman $76,191
9 Thad Smith $59,074

Poker pro has done two things. First, he won the $10,000 Deuce to Lowball event. Secondly, he has joined the likes of poker greats Amarillo Slim, Bobby Baldwin and others who have four WSOP bracelets. In this event, he won over a field of 95 players. Even in the event, poker legend Doyle Brunson, who […]

Poker pro has done two things. First, he won the $10,000 Deuce to Lowball event. Secondly, he has joined the likes of poker greats Amarillo Slim, Bobby Baldwin and others who have four WSOP bracelets. In this event, he won over a field of 95 players. Even in the event, poker legend Doyle Brunson, who made final table, himself played. The first place finish reaps a $259,670.
The final day of the event had Rast in 4th place with 11 remaining players. Rast eliminated John Hennigan and then Doyle Brunson. Rast has stated he only plays with the best. This is often a key to success and becoming the best. Play with the best.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Brian Rast $259,670
2 Michael Wattel $160,489
3 Dario Sammartino $114,023
4 James Alexander $81,986
5 Shawn Sheikhan $59,669
6 Doyle Brunson $43,963
7 John Hennigan $32,796

The Millionaire Maker event at the WSOP is a coveted event due to the low entry and huge reward. This event had 7,361 entries with a prize pool of $9,937,350. It was the third largest field in the history of the event. Arne Kern, a German poker player, took it down with a first place finish, bracelet, and $1,173,223.
The four day event had plenty of well known players like Joe Mckeehen, Manig Loeser, Ralph Massey among others. McKeehen took the lead for part of the day but at the final table Kern and Sam Razavi won key hands that propelled both of them to the top. McKeehen, having lost a fair amount of chips, was just left with some big blinds and elimated in 3rd place. But this being his seventh final table for the year moves McKeehen into 5th place for the year. He also took home $538,276.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Arne Kern $1,173,223
2 Sam Razavi $724,756
3 Joseph McKeehen $538,276
4 Michael Souza $402,614
5 Justin Liberto $303,294
6 Manuel Ruivo $230,120
7 Barny Boatman $175,865
8 Ralph Massey $135,383
9 Sean Marshall $104,987

British poker pro Benjamin Dobson has won the $1500 Seven Card Stud Eight or Better event at the WSOP 2018. There were a total of 596 players. For his efforts, he takes home $173,528 and his first gold bracelet.
He scored big at several key parts of the event with great pots.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Benjamin Dobson $173,528
2 Timothy Finne $107,243
3 Jesse Martin $74,324
4 Richard Monroe $52,359
5 Tom McCormick $37,504
6 James Nelson $27,321
7 Georgios Sotiropo $20,248
8 Peter Brownstein $15,271

Filippos Stavrakis Wins $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event at the 2018 WSOP
From a field of 986 players, Filippos Stavrakis has won the $1000 Pot-Limit Omaha event at 2018 WSOP. For the win he gets his first gold bracelet and $169,842.
The event was played over several days with Stavrakis coming into the final day with the chip lead. He extended this lead till he and Jordan Siegel had taken control of the table. In the end, Stavrakis won.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Filippos Stavrakis $169,842
2 Jordan Siegel $104,924
3 Felipe Ramos $73,989
4 Clint Monfort $52,879
5 Peter Klein $38,309
6 Pascal Damois $28,137
7 Thayer Rasmussen $20,957
8 Georgios Karavokyris $15,832
9 Robert Cowen $12,133

2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Event Won by John Hennigan
Joining the elite poker pro ranks, John Hennigan has won the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at the WSOP 2018 and collects his fifth gold bracelet. Only a few players have reached five bracelets:Stu Ungar, Scotty Nguyen, and Jason Mercier among others.
The event had 166 players. For his win, he also gets $414,692. It was his 2nd final table for year.
The multi-day event had Hennigan in third place till a crucial hand of trip queens and king beat out Daniel Zack’s trip queen with a nine kicker. His scores continues with a seven card studn hand. Ultimately, Hennigan triumphed.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 John Hennigan $414,692
2 David Baker $256,297
3 Lee Salem $179,216
4 Iraj Parvizi $127,724
5 Randy Ohel $92,808
6 Albert Daher $68,783
7 Daniel Zack $52,016
8 Michael Noori $40,155

36 year old poker pro Adam Friedman won the $10,000 Dealers’s Choice Six-Max event at the WSOP 2018. He triumphed over a field of 111 and in the process won his second gold bracelet and $293,275. His live tourney earning are almost $2.5 million. The Dealer’s Choice event allows players to choice from a variety […]

36 year old poker pro Adam Friedman won the $10,000 Dealers’s Choice Six-Max event at the WSOP 2018. He triumphed over a field of 111 and in the process won his second gold bracelet and $293,275. His live tourney earning are almost $2.5 million.
The Dealer’s Choice event allows players to choice from a variety of poker games with variants of flops, draws and stud. Players are able to select from 20 different poker games. The prestige in winning the event comes from being considered a top all around poker player.
The final hand was stud eight or better with Friedman winning with a queens up. He played against Stuart Rutter who finished in second place taking home $181,258.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Adam Friedman $293,275
2 Stuart Rutter $181,258
3 Alexey Makarov $127,487
4 Chris Klodnicki $90,713
5 David Baker $65,308
6 Marco Johnson $47,579

Ognyan Dimov Wins the 2018 World Series of Poker $1,500 Six-Max No Limit Holdem Event
Ognyan Dimov has won the $1500 Six-Max NLH event at the 2018 WSOP. He is the third Bulgarian to ever win a title. This is his first gold bracelet and he takes this along with the $378,743 first place prize. He is 2/3 of the way to winning poker’s triple crown.
Dimov quickly knocked out players on his way to winning the title at the final table.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Ognyan Dimov $378,743
2 Antonio Barbato $233,992
3 Nick Schulman $163,785
4 Ryan D’Angelo $116,118
5 Joey Weissman $83,396
6 Yue Du $60,686

Craig Varnell Wins 2018 World Series of Poker $565 Pot-limit Omaha Event
Triumphant over a field of 2419 players, Craig Varnell has won the $565 Pot limit Omaha event at the WSOP. For his efforts he takes home $181m790 and a gold bracelet. It’s his third final table finish.
He took chip lead after knocking out Jonathan Duhamel in the final table. With over 75 percent of the chips in play he took on Maxime Heroux. His lead only increased after that ultimately winning over Seth Zimmerman. His winning hand was a straight up.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Craig Varnell $181,790
2 Seth Zimmerman $112,347
3 Omar Mehmood $81,852
4 Maxime Heroux $60,190
5 Christopher Trang $44,677
6 Jonathan Duhamel $33,477
7 Shaome Yang $25,325
8 Jason Lipiner $19,344
9 Ilian Li $14,920

Jeremy Wien Wins $5000 No Limit Holdem Big Blind Ante Event
Winning over a field of 518 players, Jeremy Wien has won the WSOP $5000 NHL Big Blind Ante event. Wien, a derivatives trader from Mt. Kisco, NY gets his first gold bracelet and $537,710. It’s his first final table though he’s had several cashes. He did say he had a bracelet ceremony planned in his head. This gives some insight into a type of strategy called visualization. See yourself in a ceremony speech is like meditation towards the goal.
Laka lead for most of the day with Wien in second place but heads up against Wien, Laka yielded to second place.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Jeremy Wien $537,710
2 David Laka $332,328
3 Eric Blair $228,307
4 Jake Schindler $159,575
5 John Amato $113,510
6 Shawn Buchanan $82,199
7 David Peters $60,618
8 Richard Tuhrim $45,538
9 Patrick Truong $34,862

Philip Long Wins the 2018 World Series of Poker $1,500 Eight-game Mixed Event
Winning his first gold bracelet and $147,348, Phillip Long has won the Eight-game Mixed event at the 2018 WSOP. There were many notables in the event including Daniel Negreanu and John Racener among others. There were 481 entrants.
Mixed event poker games are a benchmark in deciding if a player is a great all around player. Many poker pros play these events for the prestige in winning such an event.
The final results were:

Brazilian restaurant owner, Roberly Felicio has won the Colossus. The tournament had a 565 buy-in and for his work, he took home $1 million dollars. He defeated Sang Liu. He previous won in last year’s Monster Stack. This tournament was also notable since Phil Ivey made his return and cashed in the tournament too. The […]

Brazilian restaurant owner, Roberly Felicio has won the Colossus. The tournament had a 565 buy-in and for his work, he took home $1 million dollars. He defeated Sang Liu. He previous won in last year’s Monster Stack. This tournament was also notable since Phil Ivey made his return and cashed in the tournament too.
The Colossus entries at 13,000 is the lowest turn out for the event since it started three years ago.
The results are:
Place Player Payout
1 Roberly Felicio $1,000,000
2 Sang Liu $500,000
3 Joel Wurtzel $300,000
4 Scott Margereson $220,040
5 Tim Miles $166,091
6 Song Choe $126,158
7 Gunther Dumsky $96,431
8 John Racener $74,178
9 Steven Jones $57,425

Andrey Zhigalov Wins H.O.R.S.E. $1500 Event at WSOP
Russian accountant Andry Zhigalov has won the H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2018 WSOP. In doing so, he wins his first gold bracelet and over $200,000 for the first place finish. He defeated a field of over 700 players.
He prefers mixed games and has had several cashes in mixed events but this is his largest to date.
Amazingly, he came back from being short stacked to taking a huge lead.
The final results were:

Justin Bonomo Wins 2018 WSOP $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Championship
Justin Bonomo Wins $10,000 Heads Up NHL Event at 2018 WSOP. Taking home his second bracelet and over $185,000 is just another notch on his belt for the year. He came to the final match with a 7:1 chip lead and pummelled runner up Jason McConnon. McConnon took home $115,000 for his efforts.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
Champion Justin Bonomo $185,965
Finalist Jason McConnon $114,933
Semi-Finalist Juan Dominguez $73,179
Semi-Finalist Martijn Gerrits $73,179
Quarter-Finalist Jan Eric Schwippert $31,086
Quarter-Finalist Mark McGovern $31,086
Quarter-Finalist Nicolai Morris $31,086
Quarter-Finalist Kahle Burns $31,086

Justin Bonomo is on a roll this year. He’s moved into third place on the money list. This year he added nearly $15 million dollars to his bottom line. He recently cashed for $5 million in the Super High Roller Bowl and $4.8 million in the Super High Roller Bowl China. His live event total is over $32 million dollars and sure to increase at his age of 32.

Benjamin Moon Wins 2018 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Big Blind Ante Event
San Diego poker pro Benjamin Moon won the $1500 NHL Big Blind Ante. The big blind ante format is the new approach to poker tournaments. In the betting, the big blind puts up the ante for all players. In theory it saves time as someone with a low chip stack would put in some rounds all of their chips when it’s their turn at big blind. No waiting for that ace pair with this format. That is the criticism of the format. Those with weak cards would have to use their chips in any case and not hold on to to a small stack in hopes of something better.
Nonetheless, Moon won over field of 1300 players. He takes home $315,000. He also gets his first bracelet. Though new at the WSOP, the big blind ante format is de riguer in Los Angeles and San Diego where Moon plays regularly. He says it does in fact play faster.
The final results were:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Benjamin Moon $315,346
2 Romain Lewis $194,837
3 Colin Robinson $138,938
4 Steven Snyder $100,268
5 Nhathanh Nguyen $73,242
6 Bohdan Slyvinskyi $54,160
7 Eric Polirer $40,549
8 Raymond Ho $30,742
9 Dutch Boyd $23,605

William Reymond wins 365 Online Event French journalist William Reymond has won the 365 Online event at the 2018 WSOP. He defeated a field of nearly 3000 to claim the first gold bracelet of the WSOP and nearly $155,000. The tournament lasted a grueling 12 hours. The entry fee was a miniscule $365. $100,000 High […]

William Reymond wins 365 Online Event
French journalist William Reymond has won the 365 Online event at the 2018 WSOP. He defeated a field of nearly 3000 to claim the first gold bracelet of the WSOP and nearly $155,000. The tournament lasted a grueling 12 hours. The entry fee was a miniscule $365.

$100,000 High Roller Event

In the WSOP’s first ever $100,000 High Roller event, Nick Petrangelo has walked away with his second bracelet and first place prize of nearly $3 million dollars. There were over 100 entries. The 31 year old Massachusetts native now has nearly $15 million in lifetime earnings.
The event itself featured a who’s who of the poker world including Fedor Holz, Adrian Mateos, and Jaon Koon among other players. Petrangelo won with a two pair of aces and eights. The results are below:
Place Player Earnings (USD)
1 Nick Petrangelo $2,910,227
2 Elio Fox $1,798,658
3 Aymon Hata $1,247,230
4 Andreas Eiler $886,793
5 Bryn Kenney $646,927
6 Stephen Chidwick $484,551
7 Jason Koon $372,894
8 Adrian Mateos $295,066
9 Fedor Holz $240,265

$1500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better Won by Julien Martini

He made “julien” of all his fellow poker players and emerged to win the $1500 Omaha 8 or better event. Though, originally scheduled for 3 days it hadn’t finished and a 4th day added. The field of 911 players “prophetic” were eliminated bust by bust. The heads up came down to Kate Hoang and Julien Martini. Martini won not only nearly $240,000 but also his first bracelet. Runner up Kate Hoang took home $148,000.

The WSOP, World Series of Poker, starts today May 30, 202018. There will be 78 poker events including 9 new events add to the roster. Over $200 million will be on tables this year. Only the creme de la crop of over 100,000 players will be fortunate to take home any of the cash, though. […]

The WSOP, World Series of Poker, starts today May 30, 202018. There will be 78 poker events including 9 new events add to the roster. Over $200 million will be on tables this year. Only the creme de la crop of over 100,000 players will be fortunate to take home any of the cash, though. Poker pros and wannabees are bracing with edge of their seat action for the next crop of big winners. History is made every year with these new winners and seasoned champs. I’m wondering if Phil Ivey will appear here. He’s been laying low from the highly promoted tournaments lately.
Popular events like the Colossuss, the Millionaire Maker tournament, Monster Stack and Crazy Eights will come back. As noted above, there are nine new tournaments this year. Some of the tournaments will start after the Main Event including the Big One for One Drop, the $10,000 six max, the $50,000 high roller tourney and the $1,500 NLH with 15,000 starting chips and 30 minute levels. This year’s tournament concludes July14.
Most tournaments start at either 11 am or 15:00. Weekend tournaments are 10 am or 17:00.
Bracelet events will use the Big Blind Ante format. This format of playing has the big blind putting up the ante for the entire table. It’s hope this format speeds up the game. But there are detractors who feel a small stacked player who might be forced to go all-in at their turn with a poor hand. They would rather not put up the entire table’s ante and their stack into and lose. This is the first year of this and it will be interesting to see if it makes it to next year’s WSOP. Eight of the bracelet tournaments will use this method.
Two Daily Deepstack tourneys and several of the Mega Satellites as well as the weekend high roller events will use this new format.
The entire 202018 WSOP events are below:

The Million Dollar Sunday Tournaments at Americas Cardroom has become a big success. Originally slated for a three month run, it will now be a feature each and every Sunday. There are dozens of freeroll and satellite tournaments to the event making the accessibility even greater. The buy-in for the event is $250 making it […]

The Million Dollar Sunday Tournaments at Americas Cardroom has become a big success. Originally slated for a three month run, it will now be a feature each and every Sunday. There are dozens of freeroll and satellite tournaments to the event making the accessibility even greater. The buy-in for the event is $250 making it a low cost way to score big bucks.

The winner of this event took home nearly $200,000. Not bad for a day’s work!!!
WSOP Qualifiers
Americas Cardroom will offer 50 packages worth $12,500 for the 2018 WSOP. Included in the package is a seat to the Main Event and travel expenses and hotel. The qualifier schedule is from April 22nd to June 24th with a $300 buy-in. Be there or be square! This is really the chance of a lifetime to players. If you’re confident and think you can do it, you probably will. The most recent player who made final table at the WSOP from an online satellite entry was Max Steinberg. So it does happen.
In addition to the qualifiers, there are automatic win to the WSOP by playing the Jackpot Poker tourneys. A random player will win while playing the ever popular Jackpot poker. And there are also the steps tournaments. A much lower cost way to enter. The first step starts at .30 cents. You have the chance to win your way to the top from steps 1 through 7.
High Five Series in April
From April 18th to April 22nd ACR will sponsor the High Five Tournament series. Over $1.5 million is on the table in guaranteed prize pools and it features a $420,000 Main Event. A variety of tournaments will be featured including regular, rebuys/addons, turbos, mega stack, knock outs. Games featured are Nhl and Plo.Now is a great time to join Americas Cardroom. It’s now available in mobile as well.

It’s very easy to get a freeroll seat to a tournament at Americas Cardroom. First, you need an account to play and you have to download the software and install it to your computer. Once you’ve done this you can play on your computer or mobile phone. For the mobile phone login all you need […]

It’s very easy to get a freeroll seat to a tournament at Americas Cardroom. First, you need an account to play and you have to download the software and install it to your computer. Once you’ve done this you can play on your computer or mobile phone. For the mobile phone login all you need is your username and password.
Depending on the day, you can find a selection of passwords here. That’s all it takes and you’re free to play on your computer, tablet or mobile phone.

Million Dollar Freerolls and Satellites
Americas Cardroom has freeroll 24/7. Check through the freeroll list and you will also find freerolls to big money tournaments as well. Their Million Dollar Sunday tournament has freerolls as well as their other high stakes tournaments. You never know and if you’re on your ps and qs you might come out a major winner with major money. The average take home for the million dollar tournaments top winner is $180,000 but it depends on the amount of players. That’s a great pay day. In addition to freerolls, Americas Cardroom has high payout one dollar entry fee tournaments as well.One Dollar Entry Free Tournaments
Americas Cardroom has started offering $1000 and $2000 prize pool tournaments where the entry fee is simply one dollar. That’s a great return on your investment! And if you’re able to go all the way it’s some very nice money compared to the entry fee. If you haven’t checked out Americas Cardroom, it’s time to take a look.

With earnings over $25,0000,000 and being in his early twenties, Fedor Holz is regarded as one of today’s top poker players. He’s from Germany but lives in Austria. This is little bio on Fedor Holz and his exciting poker history. His mother was a teen mom and he grew up with a distant father and two younger […]

With earnings over $25,0000,000 and being in his early twenties, Fedor Holz is regarded as one of today’s top poker players. He’s from Germany but lives in Austria. This is little bio on Fedor Holz and his exciting poker history.

His mother was a teen mom and he grew up with a distant father and two younger sisters. He started playing poker at around 16, a common age for many of today’s top players. After graduating from secondary school, he went to college to study computer science. He got sick and had to stop and then continued playing poker. After six months he committed himself to playing poker and hasn’t looked back.

His early years, he was out on his own living modestly. Maybe spending $400 per month. His first live cash that counted was in Rozvadov. In that event, the $500 Euro No Limit Holdem event, he cashed for nearly $20,000, finishing in second place. Shortly afterwards he won his first tournament at the Lebanese Poker Cup. Though the cash was around $5000, I’m sure the self confidence boost was great.

After that he moved to Austria and stayed with a group of poker players. This was according to him a great experience since they supported each other.

When asked if money was a motivation he states yes and no. That money is a driving factor at some point. At the beginning of his career, money was more a motivating factor than at the point he is at right now. It’s interesting since he makes the most money now with high stakes tournaments than at the beginning of his career. The money seems like how it for many who’ve reached a goal. Once there it’s not as great a thrill as in the beginning. He has many more options now and does things outside of poker as well.

On his success, he says it’s really a mindset. To improve one’s game everyday is what counts and it takes focus to improve the game that makes individuals succeed. He also says there are only a handful of players out there who are focused like this and those who do are today’s top poker players. The other side of the success, having so much money at a young age is something he has to deal with consistently as well. He seems pretty level headed about it though. In addition to poker, he’s also the CEO of Primed Mind, a success program.

Primed Mind is an App. Users listen to a mindset coach named Elliot. The goal is to allow visualization, and relaxation techniques to set goals. The ultimate agenda is create self confidence, better health, personal growth and recovery skills. He along with Nathan Schmitt and Duane Ludwig are the three key people at Primed Mind along with Elliot Roe, the mindset coach.

Not only is he still winning at poker but also balancing himself out through other ventures. He “retired” from poker only to come out of his retirement and continue playing and winning all over again. And he’s unstoppable.

For the year 2017, here’s a look at his top cashes.

Poker Tournament Buyin Cash Result

2017 Bellagio High Roller Series $25,000 $85,000

2017 Triton Super High Roller Series $128,150 $2,131,740

2017 Grand Prix Austria $2,609 $40,460

2017 Poker Masters $100,000 $504,000

2017 Poker Masters $50,000 $550,000

2017 Triton Super High Roller Series $32,022 $451,386

2017 Aria Summer High Roller Series $50,000 $417,600

2017 Aria Summer High Roller Series $50,000 $330,660

2017 Aria 10K-01 Event $10,500 $42,000

2017 PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo $5,677 $62,283

2017 PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo $54,526 $348,582

2017 PokerStars Championship Macau $51,473 $877,392

2017 Aussie Millions $8,009 $254,600

2017 Aussie Millions $75,000 $266,293

His total take home from 2017 is over $6 million dollars. And he’s only 24. You could say it was a very good year!

Fedor Holz online poker results are nothing less than phenomenal as well. At PokerStars, his nickname is Crownupguy. He has ranked number one several times when he allowed his results to be tracked.

Fedor Holz is a phenomenal poker player. At 24, he’s done what many only wish they could do. It seems there is no stopping him and look for him to be someday in the Poker Hall of Fame along with Ivey, Negreanu, Doyle and other top poker players who’ve made a great name for themselves in the world of poker.

Bad Beat Jackpot Winner Takes Home $200,000 Bad Beat Jackpot has $200,000 Winner at Rivers Casino in Pennsylvania The largest badbeat jackpot ever paid out by Rivers Casino was won for nearly $200,000. A bad beat is a hand that would otherwise but lost to a better hand. It was the first time in two […]

Bad Beat Jackpot Winner Takes Home $200,000
Bad Beat Jackpot has $200,000 Winner at Rivers Casino in Pennsylvania
The largest badbeat jackpot ever paid out by Rivers Casino was won for nearly $200,000. A bad beat is a hand that would otherwise but lost to a better hand.
It was the first time in two years since the jackpot was won and climbed to a half million dollar total. The jackpot was divided among all eight players at the table. The winner won $192,234.85. He had four eights. The second payout was for $144,172. He had a straight flush. The remaining players at the table each received $24,028.
Rivers Casino has a 30 table poker room and 92 table games and a gaming floor with 3000 slots machines. There are also restaurants and concert hall.
Foxwoods Features Million Dollar Guarantee December 2017
Between December 1 to the 11th, Foxwoods will be host a 12 event poker series that features a million dollar guarantee.
The series starts with $500,000 guarantee nhl $600 buy-in event. And there are satellites to the event with $120 satellite tourneys.
Another high stakes tourney is the $250,000 guaranteed no limit holdem event with a $1650 buy-in that is done in various stages over several days. Other events include Omaha eight or better, a senior’s event and ladies event.
Foxwoods is the long standing casino and hotel with premier entertainment, gaming and shopping.Radioactive Playing Cards Found in Berlin Germany
Playing cards laced with radioactive iodine were found in a Berlin restaurant. Detectives theorize a hidden detector worn by a player could all players to recognize certain cards. This was discovered at a waste treatment facility. It was traced from the restaurant. The restaurant in question though doesn’t have a gambling room.

PLO Player Cumicon Retires at 30 with $7 Million Dollars in Winnings
Between 2013 and 2017, a poker player named Cumicon took home over $7 million dollars and retired from poker. He played PLO and mostly online at PokerStars. Most over the games were heads up cash games from $2/4 and up to $200/400.
Cumicon is per profile a 30 year old man from New York.
Cumicon has been featured several times in Poker News on highlights of poker events. He’s also featured in Pocketfives.

By Rick Braddy Welcome to the fifth in my Texas Holdem Poker Strategy Series, focusing on no limit Texas Holdem poker tournament play and associated strategies. In this article, we’ll examine starting hand decisions. It may seem obvious, but deciding which starting hands to play, and which ones to skip playing, is one of the […]

It may seem obvious, but deciding which starting hands to play, and which ones to skip playing, is one of the most important Texas Holdem poker decisions you’ll make. Deciding which starting hands to play begins by accounting for several factors:

* Starting Hand “groups” (Sklansky made some good suggestions in his classic “Theory of Poker” book by David Sklansky)

* Your table position

* Number of players at the table

* Chip position

Sklansky originally proposed some Texas Holdem poker starting hand groups, which turned out to be very useful as general guidelines. Below you’ll find a “modified” (enhanced) version of the Sklansky starting hands table. I adapted the original Sklansky tables, which were “too tight” and rigid for my liking, into a more playable approach that are used in the Poker Sidekick poker odds calculator. Here’s the key to these starting hands:

Groups 1 to 8: These are essentially the same scale as Sklansky originally proposed, although some hands have been shifted around to improve playability and there is no group 9.

Group 30: These are now “questionable” hands, hands that should be played rarely, but can be reasonably played occasionally in order to mix things up and keep your opponents off balance. Loose players will play these a bit more often, tight players will rarely play them, experienced players will open with them only occasionally and randomly.

The table below is the exact set of starting hands that Poker Sidekick uses when it calculates starting poker hands. If you use Poker Sidekick, it will tell you which group each starting hand is in (if you can’t remember them), along with estimating the “relative strength” of each starting hand. You can just print this article and use it as a starting hand reference.

The later your position at the table (dealer is latest position, small blind is earliest), the more starting hands you should play. If you’re on the dealer button, with a full table, play groups 1 through 6. If you’re in middle position, reduce play to groups 1 through 3 (tight) and 4 (loose). In early position, reduce play to groups 1 (tight) or 1 through 2 (loose). Of course, in the big blind, you get what you get.

As the number of players drops into the 5 to 7 range, I recommend tightening up overall and playing far fewer, premium hands from the better positions (groups 1 – 2). This is a great time to forget about chasing flush and straight draws, which puts you at risk and wastes chips.

As the number of players drops to 4, it’s time to open up and play far more hands (groups 1 – 5), but carefully. At this stage, you’re close to being in the money in a Texas Holdem poker tournament, so be extra careful. I’ll often just protect my blinds, steal occasionally, and try to let the smaller stacks get blinded or knocked out (putting me into the money). If I’m one of the small stacks, well, then I’m forced to pick the best hand I can get and go all-in and hope to double-up.

When the play is down to 3, it’s time to avoid engaging with big stacks and hang on to see if we can land 2nd place, heads-up. I tend to tighten up a bit here, playing very similar to when there’s just 3 players (avoiding confrontation unless I’m holding a pair or an Ace or a King, if possible).

Once you’re heads-up, well, that’s a topic for a completely different article, but in general, it’s time to become extraordinarily aggressive, raise a lot, and become “pushy”.

In tournaments, it’s always important to keep track of your chips stack size relative to the blinds and everyone else’s stacks. If you’re short on chips, then play far fewer hands (tigher), and when you do get a good hand, extract as many chips as you can with it. If you’re the big stack, well, you should avoid unnecessary confrontation, but use your big stack position to push everyone around and steal blinds occasionally as well – without risking too many chips in the process (the other players will be trying to use you to double-up, so be careful).

Well, that’s a quick overview of an improved set of starting hands and some general rules for adjusting starting hand play based upon game conditions throughout the tournament.

Until next time, best of luck to you at the Texas Holdem poker tables!

Rick

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By Alex Bannon This article will reveal to you how to play Texas Holdem Poker and win. Read it now to learn how to win every time Texas Holdem has gained significant ground in cash games during the recent past. The online poker sites offer a variety of games where the beginners can practice for […]

This article will reveal to you how to play Texas Holdem Poker and win. Read it now to learn how to win every time

Texas Holdem has gained significant ground in cash games during the recent past. The online poker sites offer a variety of games where the beginners can practice for free before starting on the real Hold em tables.

For beginners playing online is the best place to play because the poker sites handle the boring tasks over playing by themselves.

Play Texas Holdem Poker And Win – Before the Flop

If you are a new player of No Limit then you better restrict yourself to playing the AA-22 and the big connectors AK and AQ. This will surely help you avoid the vulnerability and still leave you a chance to make big money.

Play Texas Holdem Poker And Win – On the Flop

This is the most crucial stage of the Texas Hold em. You are advised to assess the relative strength of your holdings and release the hands that you suspect to be the second best.

Always make note of the stack size of yours and your opponents’. If you feel your opponent to be weak then take the lead with a raise. You are advised to fold while facing a bet until and unless you doubt the strength or weakness of your adversary.

Play Texas Holdem Poker And Win – On the Turn

As your target is obviously taking the lead and building the pot, you must stay focused and analyse the psychology of the opponents. Think twice and re-evaluate your hands before firing.

Play Texas Holdem Poker And Win – Strategy

Winning Texas Hold em requires as much skill as luck. But even more important factor is your strategy while betting. Your every move, bet, raise and call are as crucial as the cards in your hands. The strategy you need to adapt also depends upon your relative position around the table.

If you are sitting exactly beside the blinds you get almost no time to think and no chance to see others’ moves. When sitting in front of the small and big blinds, you get to witness others’ moves and get time to think and take appropriate action.

Play Texas Holdem Poker And Win – A Piece of Advice

Select the right table for the game. After all, you want at least 2-3 weaker players on the table when you sit down. Analyse the psychology of the players: who plays small hands, who intends to bluff, who can be bluffed, etc. Be respectful to the big raises, especially on the turn and river because such players usually don’t bluff.

Just use your brain on the right way and follow the info in this article and you too will be able to play Texas Holdem Poker and win every time.

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Due to the success of their recent multiple Million Dollar Sunday Events, Americas Cardroom will be offering Million Dollar No Limit Holdem tournaments every Sunday starting in January 2018. If you’re not a member, now is great time to sign up and get the feel that will make you a winner. For new members, you […]

Due to the success of their recent multiple Million Dollar Sunday Events, Americas Cardroom will be offering Million Dollar No Limit Holdem tournaments every Sunday starting in January 2018. If you’re not a member, now is great time to sign up and get the feel that will make you a winner. For new members, you get a wealth of bonuses including up to $1000 cash back, a couple of freerolls and free jackpot poker entries. Jackpot poker is played like a slots machine where you can win a random jackpot as you play poker. The poker game is run concurrently and is the standard no limit holdem poker.
As noted above, the Sunday Million Dollar Events will be every Sunday from January to March right now. If it works out, then you can expect it to continue. Many players at other online poker rooms have been disappointed with recent changes and have lead an exodus to other cardrooms. Americas Cardroom has picked up many new players and is now according to Forbes, one of the top ten cardrooms in the world. Great customer service, new offerings, nice bonuses all come together for a great way to spend the day. And Americas Cardroom is always on the forefront of whatever is new like mobile poker.Mobile Poker
Play mobile poker games at Americas Cardroom. To get started you need an account already. From there go to play.americascardroom.eu and enter your username and password and you’re good to go. To get an account simply download the software to your computer, install and create a username and password. Just that simple. With mobile poker, you can play anywhere, anytime. And while Americas Cardroom has a wealth of big buck tournaments, you can play in free cash games, freerolls 24/7 or low to mid stakes poker tournaments and cash games. It’s got something for everyone from new poker players to the very experienced.Upcoming Events
In November, there will be a High Five Series. The High Five Series is poker festival at ACR, they sponsor several times a year. The theme is “420”. The series culminates in a $420,000 Main Event and the winner not only gets the top cash prize but a bracelet as well.Punta Cana Poker Results
For several years, ACR, has sponsored the Punta Cana Poker event in Santo Domingo. This year, 2017, Roberto Carvallo from Chile and Jamin Stokes split the first place prize and each got $97,590 after a long heads up match. Carvallo was declared the winner for the trophy and title with a pair of 3s. For members of ACR, there have been satellite tourneys for the event. The hotel in Santo Domingo rocks and looks like the kind that has been featured in many music videos of the “good life”.
Million dollar Sundays, mobile poker, and recurrent poker series as well as the land based Punta Cana Poker Classic are reasons to check ACR out. For new members, get a wealth of great incentives and for current members check out the great comp for players.

If you thought poker was only for the young, think again. Erik Seidel is pushing 60 and is still going strong winning tournaments. He’s one of the most successful of all poker players. He joined the Poker Hall of Fame in 2010. He started out playing backgammon but at Brooklyn College, he shifted to poker […]

If you thought poker was only for the young, think again. Erik Seidel is pushing 60 and is still going strong winning tournaments. He’s one of the most successful of all poker players. He joined the Poker Hall of Fame in 2010.
He started out playing backgammon but at Brooklyn College, he shifted to poker and hasn’t looked back. He started as stock broker on the American Stock Exchange and joined the Mayfair Club in New York.
The Mayfair Club was a cardroom in New York that was originally a bridge and backgammon club. It shifted to poker and cranked out some of the top poker players of the day including Jay Heimowitz, Mickey Appleman, Dan Harrington, Howard Lederer, Stu Ungar and more. The club was closed in 2000. But this was the area where Erik Seidel got the skills.
Professional Poker Highlights
European Poker Tour
In May 2015, Seidel won the European Poker Tour Super High Roller for over $2 million dollars. And that’s just part of his winning for that year. In 2015, Seidel took home over $4 million dollars in live tournament events alone. This doesn’t include private tournaments with wealthy high rollers or online games. In 2016, he took over $3 million dollars including a $158,479 win at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo. He’s truly in the poker elite.
World Poker Tour
Seidel won the World Poker Tour at the 2008 WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic for $992,890. In 2011 he was runner up for $155,103. Other notable World Poker Tour finishes include the WPT Five Diamond Classic where he took 4th place for $335,160 in 2016.
World Series of Poker
Seidel was runner up in his first major WSOP in 1988. He made the final table again in 1999. He’s had many cashes there and has won eight bracelets, the most recent in 2007. He is a flexible player with bracelets in Holdem, Omaha, and Deuce to Seven Draw. Only five other players have more bracelets than Seidel.
Aria High Roller
Seidel is a frequent casher at the Aria High Roller Bowl, a monthly tournament with today’s top players. His largest cash there was for over $500,000 in 2016.
Seidel in 2017 shows no signs of slowing down. His total earnings for the year that’s not even over yet are over $2 million dollars. His largest cash this year was the Poker Masters Event for almost $600,000. He also placed 3rd in the PokerStars Monte Carlo Eight Max for $461,570.
The amazing thing about Seidel is he’s older than most of players out there. Some say poker is for young guys only but Seidel is proving them wrong.

Between Sept.24 till Oct.15, Americas Cardroom will be hosting their OSS Cubed or Online Super Series. This poker festival includes a wide range poker games and types from 06 cent buy-ins and all the way up to a 1,000 buy-in for the million dollar event. There will be three million dollar events with buy-ins from […]

Between Sept.24 till Oct.15, Americas Cardroom will be hosting their OSS Cubed or Online Super Series. This poker festival includes a wide range poker games and types from 06 cent buy-ins and all the way up to a 1,000 buy-in for the million dollar event. There will be three million dollar events with buy-ins from 250 and up to 1000. There are dozens of satellites to all the big buck events giving great incentive to join Americas Cardroom if you haven’t allready. There are three parts to the poker festival : OSS 3 cubed, MOSS, OSS and BOSS.
The varieties of games include no limit holdem, plo, seven card stud, and chose from turbos, kos, and gtds. It’s a great time to play.
For deposits, they primarily are pushing bitcoin.
Bitcoin for Deposits
To deposit by bitcoin, you have to get a wallet and source to buy the bitcoins. All the transactions are done through a QR code. A cellphone is necessary for verification. After that it’s as simple as getting the QR code from Americas Cardroom and transferring it from your wallet to your Americas Cardroom account.
Bitcoin seems to be the way many casinos are going these days. There’s much less of a trail and the fees are lower if you look in the right places.
Schedule of Events for MOSS
The schedule of events is below:

Instead of the WSOP stopping and resuming in November, this year it was different. The series concluded in July with Scott Blumstein crowned winner. It was the third largest event in its history with 7221 entrants. Like other events, this was spread over several days or “flights”. The final nine who came out millionaires from […]

Instead of the WSOP stopping and resuming in November, this year it was different. The series concluded in July with Scott Blumstein crowned winner. It was the third largest event in its history with 7221 entrants. Like other events, this was spread over several days or “flights”. The final nine who came out millionaires from the tournament battled it out for supremacy.
The field was half amateurs with little or no earnings playing poker and the other half poker pros with millions in previous earnings. This shows flexibility of poker that anyone can win from anywhere. It’s not restricted by experience or other factors.
Scott Blumstein pulled it off this time around. In the process, he gets his first bracelet and $8.15 million dollars. He was the youngest player at the table at 25. His previous largest cash was almost $200000 in the Borgota Summer Poker Open July 2016.
The final hand of the game came in a pair of deuces with the deuce appearing on the river. When everyone thought Ott would win with an ace, seven combo the deuce sent everyone in disbelief. Blumstein took the title with a deuce!
The top winners for the tournament were:
1 Scott Blumstein $8,150,000
2 Daniel Ott $4,700,000
3 Benjamin Pollak $3,500,000
4 John Hesp $2,600,000
5 Antoine Saout $2,000,000
6 Bryan Piccioli $1,675,000
7 Damian Salas $1,425,000
8 Jack Sinclair $1,200,000
9 Ben Lamb $1,000,000

Poker Hall of Fame Inducts Phil Ivey and David Ulliott

The Poker Hall of Fame inducted Phil Ivey and David Ulliott. The other potential members included David Chui, Matt Savage, Mori Eskandani, Max Pescatori, Ted Forrest, Mike Matusow and Thor Hansen.
Ivey, with 10 bracelets and over 23 million in live poker earnings was eligible after turning 40. In a written statement he felt honored to be included and recognized he was lucky to be able to make a living playing poker. He also said he’s just as passionate about the game now as when he started.
David Ulliott is a lesser known British poker pro who died in 2015 from cancer.
In order to be considered players must be 40 or older, played in major competitions for high stakes, earn the respect of their peers. You don’t have to be a poker player to be inducted though for those who aren’t players, they must contribute to the growth of the game with positive results.

This is the fourth part of the WSOP 2017 results. Some notable things include two Triple Crown players this year. One is Harrison Gamble and the other is Mohsin Charania who made their triple crowns with a win at the WSOP. Tommy Le Wins $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event Getting his first bracelet, Californian Tommy […]

This is the fourth part of the WSOP 2017 results. Some notable things include two Triple Crown players this year. One is Harrison Gamble and the other is Mohsin Charania who made their triple crowns with a win at the WSOP.

Tommy Le Wins $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event
Getting his first bracelet, Californian Tommy Le has won the Pot Limit Omaha event at the WSOP and $938,732. In 2016, he had multiple cashes playing pot limit at the WSOP. This year is his first top win.
The final day of the event started with Le in second chip position. He gained momentum knocking out several players. His heads up opponent, Chris Lee, dualed briefly. Le won with the top two pair against Lee’s lower two pair.
The top finishers were:
1 Tommy Le $938,732
2 Chris Lee $580,177
3 Hani Mio $397,836
4 Scott Clements $277,768
5 Jason Dewitt $197,533
6 Eoghan O’Dea $143,128
7 Murat Tolek $105,705
8 Miltiadis Kyriakides $79,599

Andres Korn Wins $5000 No Limit Hold’em Event
Argentinian Andres Korn wins the $5000 No Limit Hold’em Tourney at the WSOP. He becomes the second Argentinian to ever win a bracelet and he picks up $618,285 at the same time.
The final table was full of players without previous titles. This is rare for a tournament that has a huge pay day.
Korn managed to knock out several players. His heads up opponent was Pete Chen. Korn steamrolled against Chen with Chen having only 10 blinds in his stack. The final hand saw Korn win with two pair.
The top finishers were:
1 Andres Korn $618,285
2 Pete Chen $382,122
3 Thomas Boivin $264,306
4 Marton Czuczor $185,794
5 Mike Sowers $132,767
6 Simon Lam $96,472
7 Andrew Spears $71,300
8 Mark Zullo $53,615
9 Sergio Cabrera $41,031

Artur Rudziankov Win $1500 No Limit Hold’em Tourney
Becoming the second Czech to ever win a bracelet, Artur Rudziankov has won the $1500 No limit hold’ed event. Not only does he get a bracelet but also $395,918. He triumphed over field of 1763 entries.
In 2015, he placed second in the $1000 No Limit Hold’em event.
The top finishers were:
1 Artur Rudziankov $395,918
2 Mario Prats $244,611
3 Timothy Miles $176,455
4 Arman Zolnoorian $128,645
5 Christian Rudolph $94,799
6 Lee Watkinson $70,618
7 John Esposito Jr. $53,184
8 Martin Kabrhel $40,500
9 Scott Lychwick $31,187

Alexandru Papazian Wins $888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold’em event
Becoming the first Romanian to ever win a bracelet, Alexandru Papazian won the $888 Crazy Eight No Limit Holdem event. The field was massive with over 8000 entrants. This is the second year of the event and the low entry fee almost guarantees many entrants. It’s an eight handed event with different strategy but the major goal is to win each hand.
He was in 2nd chip position on the final day and started eliminating players left and right. It came down to a heads up with Papizian and Killian Kramer that went into an extra day. When they returned it took only 29 hands for Papizian to be declared winner. He won with a two pair combo, king and nine, against Killian’s single nine pair.
The top finishers in the event were:
1 Alexandru Papazian $888,888
2 Kilian Kramer $463,888
3 Harry Lodge $344,888
4 Ioannis Konstas $257,888
5 James Cappucci $193,888
6 Vlad Darie $146,888
7 Michael Tureniec $112,888
8 Guillaume Diaz $86,888

Thomas Cannuli Wins $3,333 Online No Limit Event
Former November Niner, Thomas Cannuli, has the online $3,333 No Limit Holdem Event at the WSOP. This is the first gold bracelet for Cannuli. The win brings the 25 year old career earnings near the $2 million mark!
Cannuli was in third place till his pocket queens moved him up. An ace king flush increased his lead. It came down to three players who went all-in. Cannuli won with ten pair.
The top finishers were:
1 Thomas “FLOATZ” Cannuli $322,815
2 Tara “BeatrixKiddo” Cain $201,408
3 Adam “HLEDERERER” Owen $136,231
4 Daniel “Pepperprince” Zack $97,232
5 Darren “LegionofBoom” Rabinowitz $66,112
6 Blake “bk1048” Kelso $47,547
7 Vincent “AllinVin138” Moscati $34,859
8 Ryan “holdNfold” Jones $26,178
9 Millard “Undisputed23” Hale $20,168

Chris Klodnicki Wins $1500 No Limit Holdem Event
After three previous events, Chris Klodnicki has won the $1500 No Limit Holdem Event. He gets his first gold bracelet and $428,423 in the process. His total earnings are near the $10 million range not bad for the 32 year old.
The tournament drew 1956 entrants including other notable professional players as well. Klodnicki had gone all-in with an ace king winning with a flush. This was the turning point in the heads up against Emile Schiff. He basically won most of the hands since then winning with pocket threes.
The top finishers were:
1 Chris Klodnicki $428,423
2 Emile Schiff $264,692
3 Schuyler Thorton $191,453
4 Benjamin Zamani $139,896
5 Ulrich Schnetter $103,281
6 Darren Elias $77,047
7 Kenny Hallaert $58,083
8 Aditya Sushant $44,255
9 Dylan Hortin $34,083

James Calderaro Wins $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha Eight Max
James Calderaro won his first bracelet and massive pay day of $1,289,074. It was the largest cash of his career.
This brings his earnings to more than $3.5 million. With a $25,000 buy-in, the table was full of notable players and high rollers including Esther Taylor, and Martin Kozlov among others.
The top finishers were:
1 James Calderaro $1,289,074
2 Alexey Rybin $796,706
3 Esther Taylor $543,713
4 Artem Babakhanyan $379,128
5 Bryce Yockey $270,242
6 Dario Sammartino $197,007
7 Dan Smith $146,961
8 Ben Tollerene $112,239

Harrison Gimbel Wins $645,922 in $3000 No Limit Holdem Event and Gets Triple Crown
Harrison Gimbel, 26, has won the $3000 No Limit Holdem Event. He gets his first gold bracelet and $645,922. He became the seventh player to win the Triple Crown.
A Triple Crown is bestowed on poker players after a World Poker Tour win, a WSOP bracelet and/or European Poker tour or PokerStars championship main event win. His online SCOOP main event with PokerStars earned him $1,122,873. In 2010, he won $2.2 million in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
The hard working 26 year old now has $ 4.6 million in live earnings and $2.8 million in online earnings.
The top finishers were:
1 Harrison Gimbel $645,922
2 Chance Kornuth $399,132
3 Ryan Van Sanford $285,148
4 John Griffin $206,119
5 Chris Farmer $150,772
6 Enio Bozzano $111,619
7 Vinicius Alves $83,644
8 Kristofer Homerding $63,457
9 James Gilbert $48,745

Mohsin Charania Wins $1500 NLH event and Triple Crown
32 year old poker pro from Chicago, Mohsin Charania has won the $1500 No Limit Holdem event getting his first gold bracelet and $364,438. In addition, he also has completed the Triple Crown. One of two players at the 2017 WSOP to do so along with Harrison Gimbel.
His live earnings are now more than $5.6 million.
Charania won over a field of 1580 players in the $1500 buy-in event that included Jason Mercier and Rainer Kempe.
The top finishers were:
1 Mohsin Charania $364,438
2 Cary Katz $225,181
3 Brandon Ageloff $161,844
4 Andy Frankenberger $117,611
5 Mikhail Rudoy $86,424
6 Samuel Phillips $64,226
7 Ian Steinman $48,276
8 Yanki Koppel $36,708
9 Milan Simko $28,239

Pablo Mariz Wins $1500 Millionaire Maker Event Canadian poker pro Pablo Mariz has won the $1500 Millionaire Maker Tourney at the 2017 WSOP. It is a true millionaire maker event, his take home is $1,221,407 for his first place finish. He has cashed four times in the 2017 WSOP, this being his largest cash and […]

Pablo Mariz Wins $1500 Millionaire Maker Event
Canadian poker pro Pablo Mariz has won the $1500 Millionaire Maker Tourney at the 2017 WSOP. It is a true millionaire maker event, his take home is $1,221,407 for his first place finish. He has cashed four times in the 2017 WSOP, this being his largest cash and his first bracelet.
The top finishers were:
1 Pablo Mariz $1,221,407
2 Dejuante Alexander $754,499
3 Alex Farahi $561,530
4 Marc MacDonnell $420,805
5 Bryce Yockey $317,544
6 Yuriy Boyko $241,303
7 Jonathan Gray $184,663
8 Thiago Grigoletti $142,323
9 Hector Martin $110,476

John Monette Wins $10,000 2-7 Lowball Draw Event at the 2017 WSOP
Considered a specialty for professional players and a sign of a well rounded player low ball poker tends to attract a small crowd. Many pros go in hoping for a win to add to their professional legacy. John Monette hit the jackpot with a $256,610 win and bracelet.
Monette has cashed previously during this series. His career earnings are near $3 million dollars. This being his third bracelet, puts him in exclusive territory in the poker world.
The top finishers were:
1 John Monnette $256,610
2 Per Hildebrand $158,596
3 Darren Elias $110,944
4 Xavier Kyablue $79,016
5 James Chen $57,316
6 Mike Gorodinsky $42,357
7 Mike Leah $31,903
8 Paul Volpe $24,498

Joseph Di Rosa Rojas Wins The Marathon No Limit Event
The Marathon turned out to be a very popular event at this years WSOP. There were 1759 entrants creating a prize pool of over $4 million dollars. One variation in this event is each level is 100 minutes, it’s played out over 5 days. And players start out with deep stacks. For the Venezuelan native, Rojas gets his first bracelet and a whopping $690,469.
He is a part time poker player.
The top finishers in the event were:
1 Joseph Rojas $690,469
2 Alex Lynskey $426,663
3 Jeffrey Tomlinson $307,728
4 Timothy Reilly $224,316
5 Julian Stuer $165,277
6 Faraz Jaka $123,105
7 Andrew Jernigan $92,705
8 Pratik Ghatge $70,590
9 Maurice Hawkins $54,356

Chris Moorman Wins $3000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Event
Believe it or not Chris Moorman hasn’t won a bracelet yet. Well, that’s changed with this event. Moorman took down the $3000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em event for $498,682. His total live earnings are now over $5 million, while his online poker earnings are over $14 million dollars. Nearly $20 million bucks playing poker , those are nice numbers!
His first bracelet in his poker career shows how far you can go without having won a first place finish.
The top finishers were:
1 Chris Moorman $498,682
2 Bernardo Dias $308,166
3 Michael Gagliano $210,139
4 Steve Sung $145,634
5 John Gorsuch $102,605
6 Max Silver $73,510

Guarav Raina Wins $2500 No Limit Holdem Event
Getting his first gold bracelet, Guarav Raina has won the $2500 No Limit Hold’em Event. His previous cashes totaled less than $10,000, so this is a major pay day with the $456,822 first place finish.
Originally a 3 day event, playing was extended into a fourth day. Raina was heads up against James Calvo. Raina went from 4 million chips to chip leader with a king and two pair. The final hand saw Raina win with a three of a kind jack against Calvo’s queen pair.
The top finishers were:
1 Gaurav Raina $456,822
2 James Calvo $282,276
3 Asi Moshe $199,718
4 Edward Sabat $143,148
5 Eric Cloutier $103,957
6 Griffin Abel $76,506
7 Henric Stenholm $57,068
8 Giuseppe Pantaleo $43,154
9 Scott Margereson $33,087

Frank Maggio Wins $1000 Senior Tournament
The $1000 entry No Limit Hold’em Senior Event was won by Frank Maggio. It was a robust turnout with 5,389 entrants. Maggio who’s been at the WSOP for six years gets his first bracelet and the prize of $617,303.
His previous cashes had totalled only around $40,000 making this his largest cash.
The top finishers were:
1 Frank Maggio $617,303
2 William Murray $381,233
3 Dieter Dechant $281,691
4 Mark Lillge $209,715
5 Anthony Licastro $157,321
6 Gina Bacon $118,923
7 Lewis LeClair $90,594
8 Paul Spitzberg $69,552
9 Dan Heimiller $53,817

Upeshka De Silva Wins $3000 Shootout Event Earning his second career bracelet, Upeshka De Silva has won the $3000 Shootout Event at the WSOP 2017 defeating a field of 369 players. This is the Texan’s second career bracelet. In 2015, he took the $1500 No Limit Hold’em event for $424,577. He has nearly $2 million […]

Upeshka De Silva Wins $3000 Shootout Event
Earning his second career bracelet, Upeshka De Silva has won the $3000 Shootout Event at the WSOP 2017 defeating a field of 369 players. This is the Texan’s second career bracelet. In 2015, he took the $1500 No Limit Hold’em event for $424,577. He has nearly $2 million in career earnings. In order to win, a player has to win at three single table tournaments.
The top finishers were:
1 Upeshka De Silva $229,923
2 Louis Helm $142,115
3 Linglin Zeng $103,449
4 Jan Schwippert $76,018
5 Olivier Busquet $56,397
6 Casey Carroll $42,246
7 John Richards $31,955
8 Mark McMillin $24,410
9 Jean Gaspard $18,832
10 Taylor Paur $14,675

Ben Zamini Wins $1500 Omaha Eight or Better Event for $238,620
Winning over a field of 905 players, Ben Zamini took down the $1500 Omaha Eight or Better Event for $238,620. This is his second bracelet. His history is awesome with $4 million in live earnings and millions more made online. In 2015, he won a bracelet and $460,640 and bracelet in the $1500 No Limit Hold’em event.
The results were:
1 Ben Zamani $238,620
2 Jared Hemingway $147,428
3 Alex Ferrari $103,471
4 Ryan Paluf $73,647
5 Gary Vick $53,171
6 Forrest Auel $38,946
7 Scott Buller $28,948
8 Martin Corpuz $21,839
9 Dustin Sitar $16,726

Doug Polk Wins $111,111 WSOP One Drop High Roller Event
From a field of 130 of the top poker professionals, Doug Polk emerged winner of the $111,111 WSOP One Drop High Roller Event. This is his third bracelet. His take home for the event is $3,686,865. The event is part charity to raise awareness of the need for clean water around the world. $500,000 was raised for the charity.
The tournament was halted when markings were found on the cards but resumed afte being cleared.
The heads up came down to Polk and Bertrand Grospellier. Both had two pairs but Polk’s pair was queen and ten against Grospellier’s jack and ten.
The top results were:
1 Doug Polk $3,686,865
2 Bertrand Grospellier $2,278,657
3 Dario Sammartino $1,608,295
4 Haralabos Voulgaris $1,158,883
5 Chris Moore $852,885
6 Martin Jacobson $641,382
7 Rainer Kempe $493,089
8 Andrew Robl $387,732

Abe Mosseri Wins $10000 Omaha Eight or Better
In a most watched event, Abe Mosseri has won the $10,000 Omaha Eight or Better Event. Daniel Negreanu was his heads up opponent, making this a most watched event. It was long heads up that was rescheduled to the fourth day. The final day took only four hands for Mosseri to be declared winner. He wins his second bracelet and $388,795 in cold hard cash for his win.
Mosseri is more use to playing cash games but has won over $2 million in tournaments.
Other top finishers include John Monette and Mike Matusow.
The results are:
1 Abe Mosseri $391,313
2 Daniel Negreanu $241,851
3 Yarron Bendor $166,895
4 Fabrice Soulier $118,340
5 Ilya Dyment $85,702
6 Ray Dehkharghani $63,419
7 Anthony Zinno $47,975
8 Mike Matusow $37,120
9 John Monnette $29,391

David Pham Wins $1500 No Limit Hold’em Event
Earning his third bracelet as a poker player, David Pham has won the $1500 No Limit Hold’em Event at the WSOP 2017. His last WSOP wins were more than 10 years ago in the 2001 S.H.O.E. and 2006 No Limit Hold’em Shootout events. It was a massive win with him taking home $391,960.
The final results were:
1 David Pham $391,960
2 Jordan Young $242,160
3 Roman Korenev $174,559
4 Melissa Gillet $127,180
5 Kevin Trettin $93,667
6 Nathan Pfluger $69,741
7 Billy Rogers $52,503
8 Huihan Wu $39,969
9 Aditya Agarwal $30,773

Adrian Mateos Diaz Wins Heads Up $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Event
Becoming the youngest player to even win three bracelets, Adrian Mateos Diaz is clearly on a roll in the world of poker at age of 22. In four years, he was won over $9 million in live tournaments. His other notable finishes were the 2013 WSOP Europe for $1.4 million, and the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo 2017. For his win, Diaz takes home $336,656. His opponent in the event was 72 year old John Smith.
John Smith is a business man who owns and asphalt company in SoCal. He finished last year in the same event 2nd place and in 16th place in 2014.
The final hand saw Diaz win with a flush and straight draw.
The final results were:
Champion Adrian Mateos Diaz $336,656
Finalist John Smith $208,154
Semifinalist Charlie Carrel $112,379
Semifinalist Ryan Riess $112,379

Anthony Marquez Wins $1500 Six Max No Limit Holdem Event
Californian Anthony Marquez wins his first bracelet with his win in the $1500 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Event. The field started with 1748 entries as it wound down. His first place prize includes a bracelet and $393,273. In the final day, he knocked out 4 players as he made his way to the heads ups match against Demosthenes Kiriopoulos. Marquez won with a king kicker against Kiriopoulos pair of tens with jack kicker.
The final results were:
1 Anthony Marquez $393,273
2 Demosthenes Kiriopoulos $242,978
3 Daniel Weinman $170,477
4 Steven Buckner $121,114
5 Matt Berkey $87,141
6 Ilkin Amirov $63,506

The 2017 is a mixture of new and old faces. Joseph Mckeehen appeared and won the $10,000 Limit Hold’em event for over $300,000 and new comer Nathan Gamble won the $1500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi Lo Eights or Better for over $200,000. Since there are so many events instead of previously writing each one down. […]

The 2017 is a mixture of new and old faces. Joseph Mckeehen appeared and won the $10,000 Limit Hold’em event for over $300,000 and new comer Nathan Gamble won the $1500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi Lo Eights or Better for over $200,000. Since there are so many events instead of previously writing each one down. I decided to group them all in a series of single posts.

Nathan Gamble Wins $1500 Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better

With a name like Gamble it’s no wonder he’s in. Thank God he won and took the top prize of $223,339. The ginger Texan stated he was in shock after the win. Though this is his fourth Omaha event and previously he’s cashed in three of them. The original field was 830. Gamble entered the final day in 14th place. The final hand saw Gamble take the top prize with eight full of jacks against Adam Hendrix low pair.
The top winners in the event were:
1 Nathan Gamble $223,339
2 Adam Hendrix $137,992
3 Ray Henson $96,555
4 Michael Gross $68,544
5 Marco Johnson $49,379
6 Miguel Use $36,106
7 Fernando Macia $26,803
8 Millard Hale $20,205
9 Wendy Weissman $15,470

Christopher Brammer Wins $5000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em

British professional poker player Chris Brammer has won the $5000 No Limit Hold’em event. In the process, he’s picked up his first bracelet. He came close in 2012 making the final table and finishing fifth, but this is first win in the event. This is his first final table in five years. In turbo events blinds increase quickly creating many all-in opportunities. He got lucky winning most of them. There were 505 entries. Brammer takes home over $500,000 for his efforts.
The final hand saw Brammer heads up against Jeff Schenker. Brammer went all-in with queen ten of hearts against Schenker’s ace jack unsuited. The flop brought a pair of tens for Brammer and that’s all that was needed to win.
There results were:
1 Christopher Brammer $527,555
2 Jett Schencker $326,051
3 Yevgeniy Timoshenko $223,547
4 Rui Ye $156,022
5 Tobias Ziegler $110,845
6 Oliver Weis $80,196
7 Michael Brinkenhoff $59,107
8 Alex Foxen $44,395
9 Diego Sanchez $33,993

Matthew Schreiber Wins $3000 H.O.R.S.E. Event
The $3000 H.O.R.S.E. Event was won by Matthew Schreiber. H.O.R.S.E., a type of stud poker, isn’t the most popular form of poker. But many pros like to play to be considered well rounded players. There were 399 entries for the event. Schreiber takes home $256,226.
The top finishers were:
1 Matthew Schreiber $256,226
2 Phillip Hui $158,361
3 David Steicke $107,458
4 Tom Koral $74,382
5 Ryan Himes $52,542
6 Matthew Honig $37,892
7 Ryan Hughes $27,910
8 Brendan Taylor $21,007Ben Maya Wins $1500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Event
An Isreali realtor, Ben Maya, has won the $1500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Event and his first bracelet. He is mostly a cash game player and this is his first WSOP cash. He doesn’t consider himself to be a great player and feels tournaments are too long, but somehow he took home the first place prize.
In shootout style poker, the player must win at their table they’re playing on in order to advance. It’s three day event.
The final table was between Maya and Belgian player Thomas Boivin. Maya sealed his win with a full house.
The top finishers were:
1 Ben Maya $257,764
2 Thomas Boivin $159,273
3 Tim West $115,297
4 Phachara Wongwichit $84,453
5 Alexander Rocha $62,602
6 Steve Foutty $46,969
7 Joe Cook $35,673
8 Paul Michaelis $27,431
9 Jonathan Little $21,360

Dmitry Yurasov Wins $10,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Event

Russian poker pro Dmitry Yurasov wins his first bracelet in the $10,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em event and the $775,923 pay day! His total earnings previously were $1.2 million. So this event really boosts that figure considerably. The event had 322 entries.
Yurasov entered the final table with a 5 to 1 chip lead against Tommy Chen. It took only nine hands for Yurasov to win with the final hand, pocket aces, sealing the win. Isn’t life grand?
The top results were:
1 Dmitry Yurasov $775,923
2 Tommy Chen $479,561
3 Jacob Powers $308,783
4 Artem Metalidi $204,128
5 Albert Daher $138,644
6 Kristen Bicknell $96,823

Loren Klein Wins $1500 Pot Limit Omaha Event

For the second time in two years, Loren Klein has won a bracelet. He is a WSOP veteran with cashes as far back as 2010. The largest cash of his career was $552,713 in the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event. The event had a total of 870 entries. His take home for the event was $231,483. The final hand gave Klein a nut flush of hearts with a queen against Chun Law’s jack high flush.
The results for the event were:
1 Loren Klein $231,483
2 Chun Law $143,017
3 Danny Wong $100,360
4 Jeff Williams $71,423
5 Jordan Spurlin $51,559
6 Oskar Silow $37,762
7 Timothy Batow $28,066
8 Sergej Barbarez $21,172
9 Benjamin Juhasz $16,215
Joe McKeehen Wins $10,000 Limit Hold’em Event
He took down the Main Event in 2015 and he’s been back ever since cashing last year as well as this year in $10,000 LH event. It’s his second bracelet and he took home the top prize of $311,817. The event was flanked with top poker players like Daniel Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, J.C. Tran among others.
Though he started out as the shortest stack, he was able to outlast them and thrive. The final hand pitted McKeehen against Jared Talarico. McKeehen won with five pair.
The results for the event were:
1 Joseph McKeehen $311,817
2 Jared Talarico $192,717
3 Sorel Mizzi $135,985
4 Ben Yu $97,904
5 J.C. Tran $71,949
6 Robert Campbell $53,995
7 Ray Henson $41,399
8 Terrence Chan $32,443
9 Aaron Sacks $26,000

Thomas Reynolds Wins the $1000 No Limit Holdem Event

A 62 year old accountant rules over a field of 2,020 to win the $1000 No Limit Holdem Event. He took home $292,880 and his first gold bracelet. He’s had small WSOP Circuit cashes in the past but this is his first title.
The top finishers in the event were:
1 Thomas Reynolds $292,880
2 James Hughes $180,919
3 Reginald Hampton $131,061
4 Eric Blair $95,899
5 Michael Gathy $70,884
6 Vlad Darie $52,932
7 Chris Johnson $39,937
8 Chad Eveslage $30,448
9 Joep Raemaekers $23,460

Nadar Kakhmazov Wins the $5000 No LImit Hold’em Six Max Event

Defeating a field of 574 players, Russian businessman Nadar Kakhmazov has won the $5000 No LImit Hold’em Six Max Event. It’s been a great year for Kakhmazov who’s won nearly a million dollars in the past two months. At the PokerStars Sochi Main event he took home $63,720 and the Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event, he won $395,888.
The final day he started in 3rd place with chips. He persevered and went to heads up against Chris Hunchen with a 3:1 chip advantage. The final hand saw Kakhmazov win with a pair of queens with seven kicker .
The results were:
1 Nadar Kakhmazov $580,338
2 Christopher Hunichen $358,677
3 Kenny Hallaert $238,855
4 Sam Soverel $162,257
5 Faraz Jaka $112,585
6 Christian Rudolph $79,611

The beginning poker player often has a hard time progressing to winning poker player. Without a coach to guide the poker player decisions aren’t often evaluated and therefore unlearned. Even with a coach, players might find it not as helpful since every player has strengths and weaknesses including coaches. Certain decisions will be more profitable […]

The beginning poker player often has a hard time progressing to winning poker player. Without a coach to guide the poker player decisions aren’t often evaluated and therefore unlearned. Even with a coach, players might find it not as helpful since every player has strengths and weaknesses including coaches.
Certain decisions will be more profitable than others. For cash games assessing other players is to your benefit. For tournament players, there are three major areas decisions will have a major impact: late entry, the bubble and final table. Performance at these three areas can ensure profitable poker play.
Most people can’t find their own weaknesses. An outside objective partner even if not a coach can often be assistance here. Learning has to be a complete focused experience covering all aspects. This method covers weak areas as well as opens up new strategies making the player more robust than ever.
No one ever fixes everything instantly. And you’ll see flexibility is still important in the game. Assessing a player is weak and raising, you might find they win with a strong hand. Or a three bet with the same hand might not work at one time but work in the same game later.
It’s important to cover each part of the betting area from pre-flop to river and size up decisions. If you can fix the weak areas in your game by identifying the skills needed, you will find your weak areas will diminish and you will have more profitable outcomes.

Nabbing his first tournament title, German poker player, Christoph Vogelsang has won the Aria Super High Roller Bowl and the $6 million dollar grand prize. The Super High Roller Bowl is one the most lucrative tournaments and is by invitation only. The buy-in for this event is $300,000. It’s a field of today’s poker superstars […]

Nabbing his first tournament title, German poker player, Christoph Vogelsang has won the Aria Super High Roller Bowl and the $6 million dollar grand prize. The Super High Roller Bowl is one the most lucrative tournaments and is by invitation only. The buy-in for this event is $300,000. It’s a field of today’s poker superstars and a couple of other high roller players.
Vogelsang’s other major win came at the 2014 Big One for One Drop where he took home third place for $10 million dollars.
The final day, it’s a three day event, had Vogelsang in second place. Jake Schindler was chip leader with Pratyush Buddiga in third. Pocket aces from Schindler knocked Buddiga out against his pair of eights. The heads up was set with Schindler holding a major lead but Vogelsang “chipped” away at Schindler’s lead.
The final hand of the tournament was Schindler callling with 8 and Jack of hearts. Vogelsang checked with 10 of spades and 7 of clubs. The flop brought 10 of clubs, 3 of hearts and 2 of diamonds. The turn brought a 7 of hearts and Schindler bet 400,000. Vogelsang with two pair raised. The river brought a 2 of clubs. Schindler went all in as did Vogelsang who won with a two pair.
Don’t cry for Schindler, he walks away with $3.6 million dollars.

On July 2nd, 2017, Americas Cardroom will host it’s satellite to the WSOP 2017. There will be 50 winners of a WSOP package that includes the $10,000 entry fee, $2500 for travel expenses, 24 hour cash out for Bitcoin users and a $540 satellite buy-in. Buy-ins start at 28 cents. So, if you’re looking for […]

On July 2nd, 2017, Americas Cardroom will host it’s satellite to the WSOP 2017. There will be 50 winners of a WSOP package that includes the $10,000 entry fee, $2500 for travel expenses, 24 hour cash out for Bitcoin users and a $540 satellite buy-in.
Buy-ins start at 28 cents. So, if you’re looking for a new cardroom or new to online poker, this is a great place to start. Everyday there are multiple satellite tournaments for these events at various buy-ins. Take a look and sign up today.

“Vegas Baby”

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Step 2 Entry

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Step 3 Entry

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Step 4 Entry

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WSOP Step 4/7

$50+5

Step 5 Entry

Step 5 Entry

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WSOP Step 5/7

$140+10

Step 6 Entry

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WSOP Step 6/7

$500+40

Step 7 Entry

$775

$465

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Max Steinberg was a player in the 2015 WSOP who took it to the final table that started from an online satellite entry. So Magic does happen!!

This is a new feature and has the top online poker players of the day. The Hendon Mob database tracks all land based tournaments. Pocketfives tracks online tournaments. Mostly players need to register and get their results sent to Pocketfives. The accuracy rate is based on if a player signs up at Pocketfives in the […]

This is a new feature and has the top online poker players of the day. The Hendon Mob database tracks all land based tournaments. Pocketfives tracks online tournaments. Mostly players need to register and get their results sent to Pocketfives. The accuracy rate is based on if a player signs up at Pocketfives in the first place. There could be players who haven’t registered but are still top winning online players they just aren’t being tracked by Pocketfives.
The top cardrooms are PokerStars, Party Poker, and Fulltilt.
The top players and their results are:Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman has earned over 14 million dollars from online poker. His top sites are PokerStars, Fulltilt, Party Poker, and the Winning Poker Network.Poker Kaiser
Poker Kaiser is another online poker millionaire with total earnings over 10 million dollars.BParis
BParis’ total earnings are over 10 million dollars.

p0cket00
p0cket00 is a Canadian poker player and student who has packed away more than 10 million dollars playing poker. His top sites are PokerStars, Fulltilt and Party Poker.

Big Huni
Big Huni’s total earnings are just under 10 million dollars.s_dot111
s_dot111’s total earnings are like Big Huni at just under 10 million dollars.Greenstone25
Greenstone25 is a Swedish poker player. His total earning are 9.5 million dollars.Gettin Daize
Gettin Daize is another top online poker player with earnings over the 9 million dollar mark.1bigacehole
1bigacehole in Australia’s top online poker player and has earned nearly 9 million dollars playing online poker.UhhMee
UhhMee rounds out the top ten list with nearly 9 million dollars earned.
These rankings do change. So they will get updated every so often. Obviously, they can’t change overnight. Cashes average from $1000 -2000.

Perhaps the most exclusive of all highstakes poker tournaments, the Aria Super High Roller Bowl, is in full effect. 55 high stakes poker players will be competing in the event that sports a buy-in of $300,000. Yes that’s three-hundred-thousand dollar buy-in per seat. To be considered, potential players have to put down a $30,000 deposit! […]

Perhaps the most exclusive of all highstakes poker tournaments, the Aria Super High Roller Bowl, is in full effect. 55 high stakes poker players will be competing in the event that sports a buy-in of $300,000. Yes that’s three-hundred-thousand dollar buy-in per seat. To be considered, potential players have to put down a $30,000 deposit! This will be the year’s most lucrative poker tournament.
The 2016 Super High Roller Bowl saw German poker player Raine Kempe pocket $5 million dollars. Fedor Holz, another German took home second place prize of $3.5 million dollars. The 2017 payouts are bigger. The first seven finishers will be in the money. Top prize is $6 million and second prize is $3.6 million. The seventh place finisher will get $600,000. The total payouts are $16,800,000. The Super High Roller Bowl runs from May 28th till June 1st.
The poker pros who are scheduled to be in this event and brief bio include:Andrew Lichtenberger
From East Northport, Ny, Andrew Lichtenberger, 29, is an American poker player. Aka LuckyChewy, his total live poker earnings are almost $9 million dollars with his best cash at $1.7 million dollars in the 2014 World Poker Classic. His second best cash was last year in the 2016 $3000 No Limit Holdem Event 52 for $569,158. He is sponsored by Ivey Poker.

Andrew Robl
Aka good2cu is an American poker player from Michigan.Andrew Robl, 30, has gone broke several times before hitting it big. Though he focuses on cash games, he won the 2013 Aussie Millions for $1 million dollars. His total live earnings are over $4 million dollars.

Ankush Mandavia
From Georgia, Ankush Mandavia has total live earnings greater than $4 million dollars. His top cash was nearly $800,000 in the No Limit Holdem Eight Max event at the EPT XII Jan 2016.

Antonio Esfandiari
A former magician, Antonio Esfandiari, has made history in the poker world with the largest cash ever, The One Drop for Water Tournament where he took home over $18 million dollars. His total live earnings exceed $27 million dollars. He has been in several movies and involved with tv shows like “Underground Poker”, a three-part mini series on the Discovery Channel.

Benjamin Sulsky
From Brewster, Mass. Benjamin Sulsky has nearly $2 million in live earnings. His greatest cash was over $1 million at the 2015 One Drop Event 58.
Benjamin Tollerene
From Texas, Benjamin Tollerine is an up and coming player. His most recent cash and one of his largest was over $500,000 in the Poker Stars Panama Event 5 in March 2017. His total earnings are near $3 million dollars.

Bill Klein
Bill Klein is a retired businessman turned poker pro. He’s had several cashes at the Aria including the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl for nearly $350,000. His largest cash was nearly $2.5 million dollars at the 2015 One Drop for Water Tournament.William Perkins
A renaissance man in the making, William Perkins runs the Skylar Hedge Fund Investment group. He’s produced three major motion pictures and plays poker as a past time. His career earnings are nearly $3 million dollars. He is friends with Dan Bilzerian.

Robert Baldwin
One of the older players in the tournament at 65, Robert Baldwin is a casino executive who is CEO of Mirage Resorts and overseas several Mandalay Resort Group resorts. The Bellagio has a high stakes poker room named after him called “Bobby’s Room”. He has four WSOP bracelets under his belt.

Brian Rast
He was valedictorian at his high school but later dropped out of Stanford to become a poker player. He never looked back. He’s earned three WSOP bracelets and has made several videos on playing poker. A major poker player, his total earnings are over $20 million dollars.

Bryn Kenny
Bryn Kenny is no stranger to the Aria. He regularly plays the Monthly High Stakes Tournament there that has a $25,000 buy-in. His total winnings are over $14 million dollars. He was runner up in the Aria High Roller Series in both #54 and #55 and is second on their leaderboard.

Byron Kaverman
Another poker player familiar with the Aria High Roller Events, Byron Kaverman has nearly $10 million in live cashes. He cashed at the Aria Hotel Feb 4 in their Super High Roller for over $100,000. He also had multiple cashes over a million dollars at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas in January 2017.

Cary Katz
The student loan mogul and pro poker player had an opulent Las Vegas mansion on the market some years ago. He also founded Poker Central. He often plays at The Aria Super High Roller Event and cashed most recently March 4 for $92,000. His total earnings are over $10 million dollars.

Christian Christner
A newcomer in the high stakes poker world, his total earnings are slightly over $600,000. He has most recently cashed in PokerStars Championship Panama. He hails from Germany.

Christoph Vogelsang
One of Germany’s top poker players, Vogelsang has the Big One for One Drop under his belt for a whopping cash of $4.5 million in 2014. His total other cashes round out his total cashes of nearly $7.5 million dollars.
Other players who are scheduled to be in this event include Daniel Negreanu, Daniel Colman, Jason Mercier and more.

Aria Poker Room Highroller Series 54 Won by Scott Seiver. In this event, the top five finishers are the players in the money. For the Aria High Roller 54, Scott Seiver took the win for $342,240. This is his second top place finish. Last month he won second place for $232,632. In second place was […]

Aria Poker Room Highroller Series 54 Won by Scott Seiver. In this event, the top five finishers are the players in the money. For the Aria High Roller 54, Scott Seiver took the win for $342,240. This is his second top place finish. Last month he won second place for $232,632. In second place was Bryn Kenney, but he had more winning to do.
At the Aria High Roller 55, Bryn Kenny finished in runner up with a prize of $211,000. He is in second place on the leaderboard and has cashed in five of the last six High Roller Events and has career earnings of nearly $15,000,000, fifteen million dollars. Brian Rast took top prize and cashed out with $237,555.
Every month, the Aria Poker Room hosts a High Roller tournament with a buy-in of $25,000. These are titled Aria High Roller 54 and 55 for the month of March. The numbers represent the place in the series that started in 2015 and has picked up alot of steam. April will bring another High Roller Series 56 and 57. But in May will start the three day Super High Roller Bowl, which is one of the most lucrative tournaments today with selected players joining in a $300,000 buy-in event. And after the next major tournament is the 2017 WSOP.

Playing poker I often will fold a low pair like a two or three or actually anything less than seven or eight. Often a higher ranking King or Queen will come in a wipe out my hope for a flush. I did adjust the strategy for those potential three of a kind and full house […]

Playing poker I often will fold a low pair like a two or three or actually anything less than seven or eight. Often a higher ranking King or Queen will come in a wipe out my hope for a flush. I did adjust the strategy for those potential three of a kind and full house combos. And I found a mixed bag of success. Sometimes, those low pairs might be a winner by themselves and could even lead to a fullhouse or four of a kind.
The strategy is to checkout the first three cards that come up and if it looks good hang in there. For example, I get dealt a pair of deuces. If an opponent raises, I often will call. The flop shows unsuited Ace, Three, Four. I have a potential straight and if an opponent raises I will hang in there for a five. If there is a re-raise and I don’t have anything by this time, I will often fold.
Another scenarios is with a pair of deuces and the flop shows Ace, King, Queen or a potential straight not with my hold cards, I will fold. After all, a three of kind isn’t much to a potential straight.
The other side of the equation is also true. If the flop gives you a three of kind, check out the cards around it. Potential straights not including your hole card might occur. Often flushes and straights don’t happen. Chasing a flush or straight really requires gut instinct . They do happen but less frequently than pairs or three of kinds.
Below is a video of the latter example. The board revealed a pair of twos and the winner had one deuce in his hand. There wasn’t much potential for straights in this hand so it was an instinct move on the winner. The winner in this tourney took home over $250,000 in the Americas Cardroom Million Dollar Tourney in December, 2016.Three of a Kind Deuces Wins Million Dollar Tournament

Phil Ivey wins an appeal on the edge sorting case by the United Kingdom Supreme Court. In November, the court ruled against him in the case where he was unable to collect nearly 8 million GBP in casino winnings from the Crockford casino. He maintains his innocence and stated he was merely using “edge sorting”. […]

Phil Ivey wins an appeal on the edge sorting case by the United Kingdom Supreme Court. In November, the court ruled against him in the case where he was unable to collect nearly 8 million GBP in casino winnings from the Crockford casino. He maintains his innocence and stated he was merely using “edge sorting”. Edge Sorting is a form of sorting the cards giving the player and edge based on the design on the back of the cards giving a small player advantage. The appeal will give him more time to present his case.
Many people have speculated the reason the court gave the first decision to the Crockford and other casinos that since joined in not paying Ivey or requesting their money back is the close relation between the tax roll the casinos provide to the local governments and the casinos. If the casino loses money, it closes and there goes many local jobs. A loss that big could cripple even the largest of casinos. It would almost be impossible to break that bond. Ivey used what is called edge sorting.
Edge sorting requires paying attention to the cards and noticing the design. These are only on certain makers of cards. To play using edge sorting, you have to notice the patterns on the cards and have high and low cards seperated. There are edge irregularities in many decks of cards. When the edge sorting player sees this they ask the croupier to turn the card around so the long edges are different. Usually this is done with 6, 7, 8, and 9. This process works best in high low games. As the game continues, the edge sorting players can decide to bet based on the knowledge of a high or low card. Call the makers of the cards in this case. Many casinos have since chosen card makers whose design makes it impossible to detect.

“Last November’s Court of Appeal ruling made no sense to me. The original trial judge ruled that I was not dishonest and none of the three Appeal Court judges disagreed, and yet the decision went against me by a majority of 2 to 1,” said Ivey, in a statement released by his legal team.
He went on to say, “I am so pleased that the Supreme Court has granted me permission to fight for what I genuinely believe is the right thing to do in my circumstances, and for the entire gaming industry. I look forward to the Supreme Court reversing the decision against me.”
Ivey has two at the same time. One is at the Mayfair Casino in London and the other at the Borgata in Atlantic City. Both cases involve millions of dollars. The amazing thing is these casinos invited him to play in the first place. This is not only a Phil Ivey case. There was a winner in New York who won a jackpot at slots only to be told it was a machine malfunction. Similarly, the jackpot winner will have to pursue the case in court, but they probably don’t have the deep pockets of Phil Ivey. And this has probably happened and the public doesn’t always find out.
The Borgata case is also not over. The court ruled Ivey had to pay back the $10.1 million he won playing Baccarat from the Borgata in 2012. That ruling has also moved on to appeal. It will be important to take notice of the results. If a casino can get away with not paying winners does it make sense for the general public give them hard earned money?

“Trust your gut” is a phrase we often hear. It’s the inner voice that often guides us to successful outcomes. Many decisions from top leaders in every profession will tell you their gut instinct drove their decision. How many times have you been at the poker table and pair of cards no matter what they […]

“Trust your gut” is a phrase we often hear. It’s the inner voice that often guides us to successful outcomes. Many decisions from top leaders in every profession will tell you their gut instinct drove their decision.
How many times have you been at the poker table and pair of cards no matter what they are jump at you to play. It’s not an ace ace but an unsuited two and three and bingo out comes a pair of threes and a two. Joe blow went all-in with a pair of aces and you walked away with the pot! Gut instinct rules and we all have it. It’s just developing it and tuning into it while playing. One great example of gut instinct is when Fedor Holz went all-in with a seven and eight of spades and won the One Drop Tourney at the WSOP.
Gut instinct is vague and unable to be comprehended in simple terms. It’s when you fold a pair of aces and the winning hand is a flush or two pairs. It’s when you go all-in with a pair of twos and win with four of a kind. It’s all around you at every poker hand. How many times have you debated whether to call and either folded or played and won or lost. You have to believe in your gut instinct and your game will improve dramatically.
Gut instinct hands don’t come very often but you have to be in tune to the board when they do. It’s true by folding you can come out ahead and when many hands are dealt that look and are duds you can lose grip on staying fit for deciding when a hand is a winner. But, you have to . If you want to win the game of poker, you have to tune into each hand good or bad and decide if this is worth playing. Often, it’s not only a high pair that wins pots.
Trusting your gut instinct really depends on repetition. You must play over and over to develop your trust. As you win tournament after tournament you can say “it wasn’t luck at all. It’s really about good, gut instinct decisions.

Learning poker is filled with challenges. In the beginning, even simple things like hand values or raises can be full of anxiety. Nail biting decisions to call on a raise and lose can create a lack of confidence in the players’ ability and turn them off of the game. Confidence at the poker table comes […]

Learning poker is filled with challenges. In the beginning, even simple things like hand values or raises can be full of anxiety. Nail biting decisions to call on a raise and lose can create a lack of confidence in the players’ ability and turn them off of the game. Confidence at the poker table comes through playing – in poker experience is your greatest teacher. No theory works all the time. Some of the things players do can lead to their dissolution with the game. In the beginning of any venture it’s common to make mistakes. Let’s look at some things that will improve your game and give you greater confidence.

Look at Where You Can Win
Poker is a thought game. If you think you can win, then you probably will win. Most players are looking for the big payday and tournaments larger than their budgets. If they bust out, then they’re out of the game and their confidence takes a hit and they lose money too. With that attitude that you can win, you will find more opportunities for great results. Look at tournaments where you think you can win and you probably will. This might mean lower pots but it is a step in the right direction, rather than shooting for the moon against professional players.
Professional poker players are everywhere but will gravitate to the big money games. Their livelihood depends on winning and they know every trick in the book. Making big raises with a mediocre hand, bluffing, going all-in with nothing, these are the opponents who create common anxiety producing situations for the new player.
Changing this is simple. Check out the results and keep playing. Sticking to one game, you will see the same players over and over. As a result, you can predict how they play. This doesn’t always work but seeing players behaviors over and over, can lead you to making better decisions as whether to bet or not. One players joins the tournament late and is in a rush to get his chipstack up and goes all-in frequently. Can they really have such great hands over and over? Probably not, but you have to have a great hand if you want to challenge them.
Poker is game with two components. One is the betting game and the other the cards themselves. And many raisers challenge everyone to wonder if they hand is good. Try it, simply raise a hand and see how many people fold leaving you with the pot. Few players have bonfide good hands. When doing this, it’s important for you to think you have a great hand since if you get called you have to deliver.Find Your Game
One of the most important things for a player to do is to find their game. For example, if you can’t be in tournament for many hours, you might find a cash game will do. Or if you can sit for hours and hours and still not get fatigued or have other responsibilities, you might find tournaments will do. On a more focused note, you might like one game that starts at a great time for you. A good idea is to stick to that game for a while. You will be gaining experience often playing with the same people and can master your skills through experience. It will go a long way to do this.
Doing this you need to stick to stakes you can afford. Cover yourself with 3X the entry fee and you should be good to go. Busting out isn’t good but can happen to anyone. But you are here to observe and participate when you can. You will find playing the same game over and over will add experience skill and money to your bankroll.
Get Your Comfort Zone
This is one of the most important things. Once you find your game, you can find your comfort zone. You will know what hands may come up, how opponents might play. You can sidestep or raise more confidently. For example, one player might go all-in only when he has a good hand like a pair. Another player might do the same on basically nothing and hope for a bluff. You see these as you play especially playing the same game over and over. Following these steps will increase your confidence as you play and you can expect improved outcomes.

The incredibly popular OSS, Online Super Series returns to Americas Cardroom. It will run from December 7th to December 18th and will features over $3,000,000 in prize pools spread out over the twelve day period. There’s a total of 78 tournaments to play including a Million Dollar Main Event. There are several other highstakes poker […]

The incredibly popular OSS, Online Super Series returns to Americas Cardroom. It will run from December 7th to December 18th and will features over $3,000,000 in prize pools spread out over the twelve day period. There’s a total of 78 tournaments to play including a Million Dollar Main Event. There are several other highstakes poker tournaments as well including a$500,000 , $250,000, and several $100,000+ tournaments as well. Every day there will be something for all players bankrolls from small microstakes and up to large high stakes games. And even better, there are freerolls and satellite tournaments for all of the highstakes tournaments. Win your next tournament with a fraction of the entry fee if you have to pay at all. There are two freerolls for the Main Event everyday. And there are satellite tournaments for all the bigger, highstakes games.
Satellite tournaments are a great way to get into larger more profitable tournaments. Everyday at America’s Cardroom there are satellite tournaments for all the highstakes tournaments. Buy-ins are a fraction of the regular tournament cost. And you can take it as far as you can. Max Steinberg won a seat to the WSOP playing a satellite tournament. One great tip for satellites is to choose satellites with multiple winners instead of one and increase the chances of getting in .Join Americas Cardroom For Bonus like Free Jackpot Poker, Deposit Bonus and a Freeroll
Check out the satellite schedule below:

Americas Cardroom Satellites

Every day there are satellites to larger big money tournaments

Freeroll for the Million Dollar Main Event

Twice a day there are freeroll satellites for the Million Dollar Main event. Will you be the one? It’s a great time to join Americas cardroom. Get in on the big bucks!!!
Americas Cardroom is one of the top ten US facing online poker rooms. Their customer service is excellent and they have phone service 24 hours a day. Don’t believe me call 1 877 314 4195 you will find someone there for all your needs. Also they have live chat and email. Their custome service is probably the reason they have become more popular. If you track America’s Cardroom OSS history, you will see each one has increased prize pools. This is the largest one to date and expect the Million Dollar tournament to go over $1,000,000. If you’re looking for a new cardroom check out Americas Cardroom.
For new depositors, you get a freeroll, 20 days of jackpot poker, and up to $1000 bonus. Breaking this down. The freeroll is a $250 New Depositor Freeroll. At whatever level you play, freerolls are often a great place hone your craft. Jackpot poker is like slots. You play poker at a 3 seat table and at any given time a jackpot can be won. The higher stakes the table, the higher the jackpot prize. The deposit bonus works like this. Once you make your deposit, it’s released back into your cash account as you continue to play. You will find the longer you stay in a game and bet, the more bonus money gets released. It’s a great bonus for poker players. A little incentive really but it will save you some money maybe even for another tournament! It’s a great time to play at Americas Cardroom.
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Starting the final table of the WSOP 2016 Main Event has paid off well for Qui Nguyen. He won the event and the $8 million dollar first place prize. Though it wasn’t always smooth sailing, he pulled out a win which has become expected for those who play aggressively. He came into the final table […]

Starting the final table of the WSOP 2016 Main Event has paid off well for Qui Nguyen. He won the event and the $8 million dollar first place prize. Though it wasn’t always smooth sailing, he pulled out a win which has become expected for those who play aggressively.
He came into the final table winning small to medium and several large pots against Gordon Vayo who was second in chip count and Gordon Josephy who was third. Josephy came out early moving up but his rise was crimped by Vayo who was dealt some strong hands as Josephy doubled up. He was left short stacked. He rallied for a bit till being eliminated by Vayo. Josephy took home $3.5 million for his work. This set the stage for Nguyen and Vayo.
The heads up match was long at 8 hours with many twists and turns. Vayo had gotten the chip lead briefly but that was changed after half an hour. The two battled back and forth till Nguyen took control. He went all-in on the river and Vayo folded with 80,000,000 chips on the table. Later Nguyen took another chunk of chips leaving Vayo weakened.
Nguyen continued to build on his lead eventually winning with a pair of kings against Vayo’s jack – ten spades combination.
Highlights of the tournament are in the video below.

Nguyen’s win highlights the effects of aggression in poker. If you sit at a table, you see it all the time. Players who raise often, even with questionable hands, often come out ahead.
The results were:
Qui Nguyen $8,005,310
Gordon Vayo $4,661,228
Cliff Josephy $3,453,035
Michael Ruane $2,576,003
Vojtech Ruzicka $1,935,288
Kenny Hallaert $1,464,258
Griffin Benger $1,250,190
Jerry Wong $1,100,076
Fernando Pons $1,000,000
For most of the players, this is a high point of the poker career. Nguyen had his largest cash at this event. His previous top finish was $9000 and he earned his first bracelet. It’s rare to have repeat winners who place tops in the Main Event over and over.

On day two of the WSOP Final Table, Qui Nguyen has extended his lead to nearly 200,000,000 chips. He stayed aggressive winning medium pots and he got one large pot against Ruane, who he eliminated with an ace – jack combination. Nguyen didn’t start off so well though. He doubled up and lost to Ruane […]

On day two of the WSOP Final Table, Qui Nguyen has extended his lead to nearly 200,000,000 chips. He stayed aggressive winning medium pots and he got one large pot against Ruane, who he eliminated with an ace – jack combination. Nguyen didn’t start off so well though. He doubled up and lost to Ruane with pocket sixes against Ruane’s pocket eights. Nonetheless, he still retained control of the board.
At one point in the tournament, Vayo held the chip lead. He eliminated Ruzicka with a pair of eights against a ace – king combination from Ruzicka who also bluffed.
The remaining three will battle it out for the last of the series. The chip counts of the remaining players are:
Nguyen 197,600,000
Vayo 89,000,000
Josephy 50,000,000